---

Description

---

Our Mission
To provide the best health care experience for our patients and their families

Our Vision
To be the best at what we do

Our Values
Accountable for our resources our services and our behaviours

Responsive respectful and caring to our patients colleagues and community

Value the diversity of our organization and community

Honest and trustworthy

Strive for innovation and high performance and committed to continuous
learning

---

History

---

Our History
For over a decade now Rouge Valley Health System has been delivering health care to the communities of Scarborough Pickering Ajax and Whitby We were formed in 1998 when the Ontario Ministry of Health and LongTerm Care brought together Centenary Health Centre and the Ajax and Pickering General Hospital The primary purpose of establishing RVHS was to provide the regions of east Toronto and west Durham with more effective and comprehensive health servicesa goal that is always a top priority for us

Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering

1954
Through community fundraising efforts the hospital is opened It is a single wooden building with 38 beds and 12 bassinets

1958
A brick addition to the hospital is built that increases capacity to 50 beds

1964
A new fourstorey brick building is opened replaces the older wooden structure which is demolished The new has 127 acutecare beds and 24 bassinets

1976
An addition is added to the north side of the brick building to accommodate expanded outpatient services

1994
A new fourstorey west wing is opened

Rouge Valley Centenary

1963
Planning starts for a new hospital in the community of Scarborough

1967
After several years of development the new hospital opens as a 15floor tower with 41 doctors on staff

1984
The new fourstorey Margaret Birch Wing is opened This addition includes continuing care and rehabilitation new emergency department intensive care unit coronary care unit and upgrades to diagnostic imaging

1991
Another addition The Court is opened Now serving as the front entrance to the hospital The Court has medical offices and a retail mall