Sunnybrook and Women's College 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 |
| Coordinates | 43°43′22″N 79°22′29″W / 43.7227°N 79.374697°WCoordinates: 43°43′22″N 79°22′29″W / 43.7227°N 79.374697°W |
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| 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 |
| Beds | 1275 (including 500 veteran beds and 74 bassinets) |
| Speciality | Trauma, Cancer, Cardiovascular and Neurosciences |
| Helipad | TC LID: CNY8 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Links | |
| 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.
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.
Sunnybrook Hospital had its origins as the Toronto Military Orthopaedic Hospital on Christie Street, which was also known as the Christie Street Military Hospital and, after 1936, the Christie Street Veterans' Hospital. The building had originally been the site of the National Cash Register Company Factory but was converted for use as a military hospital in 1919 to house soldiers injured during World War I as well as some veterans disabled in the Boer War of 1899 to 1902 and the Fenian Raids of 1866. The influx of disabled soldiers returning from World War II led to overcrowding and the need for a new hospital.
Joseph and Alice Kilgour, a wealthy Toronto couple, purchased 154 acres in the town of Leaside, Ontario and created Sunnybrook farm, where they raised horses and hosted fox hunts. In 1928, after Joseph's death, Alice M. Kilgour donated the Sunnybrook Farm to the City of Toronto in his memory, for use as a public park.
With the consent of the Kilgour heirs, part of the parkland was transferred to the Government of Canada to build a hospital for veterans to replace the Christie Street Hospital. The Sunnybrook Military Hospital opened its doors in June 1948, and the Christie Street hospital was converted into a senior citizens home named Lambert Lodge. 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.
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