Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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The Odette Cancer Centre is a part of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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| Geography | |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Organization | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP) |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine |
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| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Helipad | TC LID: CNY8 |
| Beds | 1275 (including 500 veteran beds and 74 bassinets) |
| Speciality | Trauma, Cancer, Cardiovascular and Neurosciences |
| History | |
| Founded | 1948 |
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| Website | www.sunnybrook.ca |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, abbreviated SHSC and known simply as Sunnybrook, is an academic health sciences centre located in Toronto, Ontario.[1]
It is the largest trauma centre in Canada and is one of two major trauma centres in Toronto; the other is St. Michael's Hospital. It is also Canada's largest maternity hospital as well as a teaching hospital of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine.
The Kilgour Wing (K Wing) is a long term care centre with the large majority of patients being war veterans. The hospital was a centre used to handle the wounded after World War II.
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History
Alice M. Kilgour donated the Sunnybrook Farm to the City of Toronto in memory of her husband, Joseph Kilgour, for use as a public park in 1928. With the consent of the Kilgour heirs, part of the parkland was transferred to the Government of Canada to build a hospital for veterans. The Sunnybrook Military Hospital opened its doors in June 1948. In 1991, The Province of Ontario opened major research facilities to house the rapid growth of research on campus.The hospital merged with Women's College Hospital and the Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital in June 1998 under the provisions of Bill 51, but Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre was de-amalgamated in April 2006 to create Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the separate Women's College Hospital. On July 1, 2012, Sunnybrook and St. John's Rehab Hospital voluntarily merged, recognizing that their highly complementary programs and services can offer patients a seamless, continuum of care from acute injury or illness, through to rehabilitation and recovery. Currently, Sunnybrook maintains three campuses, with its main campus (Bayview) on Bayview Avenue in North York, the satellite Holland Centre (orthopaedic and arthritic care) on Wellesley St. E., and St. John's Rehab Hospital on Cummer Avenue. SHSC became affiliated with the University of Toronto in 1966.
Areas of focus
Veterans and Community
Located in the Kilgour Wing it is partnered with Veterans Affairs Canada and has about 500 veterans of WWII and the Korean War. For veterans they provide various types of services such as mental health, cognitive and palliative care which is also provided to the general population[2]
Brain Sciences
They provide care for people with brain-related problems including dementia, strokes and mood and anxiety disorders. It is also a research centre looking into areas such as neuropsychology and neurochemistry.[3]
Holland Musculoskeletal Program
The program is mainly involved in musculoskeletal injury but are also involved in musculoskeletal education and research.[4]
Women and Babies
The program provides gynaecology services and includes a neonatal intensive-care unit. They deliver about 4,000 babies a year, of which 25% are high risk births.[5]
Schulich Heart Centre
The centre is named for Seymour Schulich a Canadian businessman and philanthropist from Montreal.[6] The centre, as per the name, is a cardiac care clinic and is involved in research, surgery and intervention.[7]
Odette Cancer Centre
The centre is involved in cancer research but also provides education and treatment.[8] Odette Cancer Centre is the second largest in Canada and 6th largest cancer centre in the world. [9]
Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care
The hospital provides critical care and provides a consultation service to the Ross Tilley Burn Centre. The emergency department is open 24 hours a day. The trauma centre provides emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries.[10]
St. John's Rehab
St. John's Rehab Hospital provides specialized rehabilitation, education and support for people recovering from complex, life-changing illnesses and injuries, including: amputations, cancer, cardiovascular surgery, organ transplants, orthopaedic conditions, stroke and neurological conditions, traumatic injuries and complex medical procedures and conditions.[11]
Heliport
A helicopter pad (TC LID: CNY8) is located at the east end of the hospital grounds.[12] Sunnybrook handles air ambulance flights with urgent trauma cases from the Greater Toronto Area where an ambulance run is not possible. Only two other hospitals in Toronto have helipads (St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto) and Hospital for Sick Children).
Private, for-profit cancer clinic
Sunnybrook Hospital was the site of Ontario's first private cancer clinic created since the inception of Medicare. The clinic operated after regular working hours at the hospital, and was owned by Dr. Tim McGowan. An investigation by the Auditor General of Ontario revealed that the cost per procedure was $500 greater than in the public sector and that the waiting times did not decrease in the public system as a result of the clinic's creation.[13][14] The clinic operated from 2001 until 2003.
Holland Musculoskeletal Centre
The Holland Centre consists of the Orthopaedic Program located in downtown Toronto; the Holland Centre Campus is located on 43 Wellesley St. East.[15]
The Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre was initially founded as the Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital by Dr. James E. Bateman and Charles S. Wright II in 1955 based on a charter procured by Dr. C. Stewart Wright, an orthopaedic surgeon. It was founded as a specialty hospital for the treatment of patients with orthopaedic ailments. The building it was founded in was a sanitorium and since then it has undergone a series of renovations and additions.
As part of the Ontario initiative to reduce hospital wait-times, the Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre was named as a centre of excellence in joint replacement.
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References
- ↑ History & Photo Timeline
- ↑ Veterans & Community
- ↑ Brain Sciences
- ↑ Holland Musculoskeletal Program
- ↑ Women & Babies
- ↑ Seymour Schulich
- ↑ Schulich Heart Centre
- ↑ Odette Cancer Centre
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care
- ↑ St. John's Rehab
- ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
- ↑ Office of the Provincial Auditor General, Special Audit of Cancer Care Ontario. December 13, 2001
- ↑ Index on Private, For-Profit Health Care
- ↑ 43 Wellesley St. East.
