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The hospital was championed largely by Harold Fisher following the 1918 flu pandemic. While the facility is today located in an urban location, Fisher faced ridicule at the time for advocating for a location in the then-countryside and the project was branded by some as "Fisher's Folly". [2] 1924 – The Ottawa Civic Hospital opened with 550 ...
Civic Hospital (French: Hôpital Civic [2]) is a neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward in central Ottawa, Canada. It is named after the Ottawa Civic Hospital, which is located in the neighbourhood. Civic Hospital is bounded on the west by Island Park Drive, on the north by the Queensway, on the east by Railway Street and on the south by Carling ...
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) (401 Smyth Road) Montfort Hospital (713 Montreal Road) National Defence Medical Centre (713 Montreal Road) The Ottawa Hospital campuses: Riverside Hospital (1967 Riverside Drive) General Hospital (501 Smyth Road) Civic Hospital (1053 Carling Avenue) Queensway Carleton Hospital (3045 Baseline Road)
The Riverside Hospital of Ottawa first opened in 1967 [7] on Riverside Drive close to where the current General campus and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is located on Smyth Road. On 1 April 1998 [8] the hospital was amalgamated with the Civic Hospital and the General Hospital into The Ottawa Hospital. [9] [10]
She was on the board of various organizations, including Skate Canada, Selkirk Communications, the Ottawa Civic Hospital, and the Stratford Festival. [8] [1] She and her husband set up the Gordon and Joan Henderson Endowment Fund at the Ottawa Hospital [8] and The Gordon and Joan Henderson Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Ottawa. [9]
UOHI was founded in 1976 by Dr. Wilbert Keon, with financial support from the Ontario Ministry of Education.Keon worked with numerous partners, including all of the hospitals in the region, the University of Ottawa, and the Ottawa Hospital Regional District Planning council, to ensure the vision of a world-renowned institute would unfold as planned.
The most noteworthy event during their time in Canada was the birth in 1943 of Princess Margriet at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. The maternity ward was temporarily declared to be extraterritorial by the Canadian government, thereby allowing Princess Margriet's citizenship to be solely influenced by her mother's Dutch citizenship.
As mayor his most important accomplishment was founding the Ottawa Civic hospital. Built in the still largely agricultural area west of the city at a cost of some two million dollars, the hospital project was controversial, but Fisher felt it was important after the city had been devastated by the Spanish flu. In 1920, he became a King's Counsel.