Hospital for Sick Children

The Hospital for Sick Children, also known as Sick Kids, is a world-renowned children's hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto. It was founded in 1875, inspired by the example of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, England. The hospital is located a block south of Queen's Park off of University Avenue.

History

During the spring of 1875 a group of Toronto women led by Elizabeth McMaster rented an 11-room house for $320 a year. They set up six iron cots and "declared open a hospital 'for the admission and treatment of all sick children.'" Their first patient, Maggie, was a scalding victim, and came in on April 3.

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1875 - April 3

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"In that first year, 44 patients were admitted to the Hospital. Sixty-seven others were treated in outpatient clinics." {{ref|history}}

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In 1876 the hospital moved to larger facilities. In 1891 the hospital moved from rented premises to a building constructed for it at College and Elizabeth streets where it would remain for sixty years. This old building, known as the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children is now the Toronto area headquarters of Canadian Blood Services. In 1951 the hospital moved to its present University avenue location. The hospital underwent its last major expansion in 1993 with the construction of a glass-roofed atrium behind the main building.

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1876 - 1891 - Canadian Blood Services - 1951 - 1993 - Atrium

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