Toronto General Hospital
| Toronto General Hospital | |
| University Health Network | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP) |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine |
| Patron | Sophie, Countess of Wessex |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 471 |
| Speciality | Cardiology and Transplantation |
| History | |
| Founded | 1812 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.uhn.ca/tgh/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
The Toronto General Hospital (TGH), is a part of the University Health Network, and a major teaching hospital in downtown Toronto, Ontario. It is located in the Discovery District, directly north of the Hospital for Sick Children, across Gerrard Street West, and east of Princess Margaret Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital, across University Avenue. They are steps from Queen's Park and the Queen's Park subway station.
The emergency department now treats 28,065 persons each year, while the hospital also houses the major transplantation service for Ontario, performing heart, lung, kidney, liver, pancreas and small intestine, amongst others, for patients referred from all over Canada. In doing this, the TGH teaches resident physicians, nurses, and technicians, and conducts research through the Toronto General Research Institute.
Currently, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, as a member of the Canadian Royal Family, is patron of the hospital.
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The hospital started as a small shed and was used as a military hospital during the War of 1812, after which it was founded as a permanent institution – York General Hospital – in 1829, at John and King Streets. In 1855 a new home for the hospital was built on the north side of Gerrard Street, east of Parliament, using a design by architect William Hay. In 1913, the hospital moved to its current location, since expanding and upgrading over the ensuing years. The 1913 structure, previously called the College Wing, was eventually abandoned by the hospital, to become the home of the MaRS Discovery District after a new wing for the TGH was completed and opened in 2002.
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Toronto General Hospital Emergency from Elizabeth Street.
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The Toronto General Hospital as it appeared in 1895.
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The former location of the Toronto General Hospital, seen from the northeast corner of College Street and University Avenue.
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Toronto General Hospital, originally at Gerrard and Sumach Streets 1860s
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Toronto General Hospital, Original Hospital 1854 - 1878
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Toronto General Hospital
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Toronto General Hospital
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Toronto General Hospital from the northwest (College Street and University Avenue)
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MaRS Discovery District, Toronto General Hospital
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MaRS Discovery District, Toronto General Hospital
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Toronto General Hospital |
- Hospital website
- Research
- Health Innovation
- MaRS Discovery District's "History of the MaRS Heritage Building" touches on the TGH's early history and design.
Coordinates: 43°39′32″N 79°23′19″W / 43.658977°N 79.388505°W
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