Bruyère Continuing Care

History

History
1845
Mother Eacutelisabeth Bruyegravere and three Sisters arrive in Ottawa
The Sisters open the first bilingual school in Ontario
The General Hospital opens its doors at Parent and St Patrick Street

1850
Patients are moved to the current Mother House of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa on Bruyegravere Street

1861
Construction of the Ottawa General Hospital begins on Bruyegravere Street begins

1866
The first patients are admitted to the Ottawa General Hospital

1871
The St Charles Old Age Hospice opens on Cathcart Street a precursor to Reacutesidence Saint Louis

1876
Mother Eacutelisabeth Bruyegravere passes away

1924
SaintVincent House is founded by Sister Marie Auxiliatrice and seven other Sisters

1932
SaintVincent Hospital opens at its current site on Cambridge Street

1954
The official opening of the new wing at SaintVincent Hospital bringing capacity to 516 beds

1959
The official opening of SCOs Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

1966
Reacutesidence SaintLouis officially opens in Orleacuteans and welcomes its first residents from SaintCharles Hospice in Ottawa

1968
The Grey Nuns of the Cross officially change their name to the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa

1980
The Ottawa General Hospital moves to its new site at the Ottawa Health Sciences Centre on Smyth Road

The old Ottawa General site becomes the EacutelisabethBruyegravere Health Centre and opens its doors as a chronic care institution

1983
The Regional Palliative Care Unit opens at EacutelisabethBruyegravere Health Centre

1984
The SaintVincent Day Hospital opens

1988
Villa Marguerite opens at EacutelisabethBruyegravere Health Centre

1991
Construction and renovations begin at Reacutesidence SaintLouis

1993
The SCO Health Service is established bringing together the EacutelisabethBruyegravere Health Centre SaintVincent Hospital Reacutesidence SaintLouis and Villa Marguerite

The Institute of Palliative Care is launched

1994
An affiliation agreement between the SCO Health Service and the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine is signed

1995
The SCO Health Service Mission Statement and Values are formulated

2000
Research is established as a priority and the University of Ottawa Institute on the Health of the Elderly associated with the SCO Health Service the CT Lamont Centre and the University of Ottawa Institute of Palliative Care are created

2002
Consolidation of Complex Continuing Care at SaintVincent Hospital and Rehabilitation at Eacutelisabeth Bruyegravere Health Centre

Construction of new wing and renovation of existing wings begin at SaintVincent Hospital

2003
Transfer of sponsorship of SCO Health Service from the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa to the Catholic Healthcare Corporation of Ontario CHCO

Research is fully integrated and the EacutelisabethBruyegravere Research Institute is founded

2004
The SCO Health Service Mission Statement and Values are revised

The affiliation agreement with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine is updated

Opening of the new wing at SaintVincent Hospital

2005
The SCO Health Service signs a comprehensive affiliation agreement with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciencesincluding the School of Nursing the School of Rehabilitation Sciences the School of Human Kinetics and the Program in Health Sciences

2006
SCO Health Service opens the Primrose Family Medicine Centre It adopts family medicine as one of its programs

2007
SCO Health Service recognized as one of seven regional health care providers by the Champlain Local Health Integration Network LHIN

2008
On September 12 2008 SCO Health Service changes its name to Bruyegravere Continuing Care