Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital

Name :

Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital

Address  :

327 Reynolds Street

Town  :

Oakville

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

L6J 3L7

Phone  :

905 845 2571

Fax  :

905 338 4457

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

lmartins@haltonhealthcare.on.ca

Description

As a full service acute care community hospital OakvilleTrafalgar Memorial Hospital OTMH offers a comprehensive range of services Major programs offered by the hospital include maternal child care emergency and ambulatory care medicine mental health surgery rehabilitation and geriatrics

To learn more about our hospitals history please see our History page

For more information on any of these programs or for a more comprehensive list of the services offered at OTMH click on the Programs and Services button on the menu to the left

If you wish to share your gift for caring as a volunteer at OTMH please click on the Volunteering selection on the menu to the left

If you are planning a visit to OTMH click on the Visiting Our Hospital button for visitor information

If you are interested in making a donation to the hospital click on Fundraising find out more about the Oakville Hospital Foundation

Looking for a doctor Click on Need a Doctor for a list of physicians in the area currently taking patients

Interested in working at OakvilleTrafalgar Memorial Hospital Visit our Career Opportunities page for a complete list of employment opportunities at Halton Healthcare Services

History

It all began

in 1937 when a two ward fourbed hospital is established at the corner of Eighth Line and MacDonald Road in Oakville

1944 A group of Oakville residents form the OakvilleTrafalgar Memorial Hospital Association to raise money to build a new hospital when it becomes evident that critically ill or injured patients will not survive the trip to Toronto The group quickly raises 100000 for the new hospital but construction plans are put on hold until after World War II

1945 A temporary hospital is established by the Lions Club on First Street The increase to 14 beds is a drastic improvement but still does not meet the needs of the rapidly growing community

1948 An additional campaign is launched by the Association to raise 125000 and in 1949 the new hospital is built

1949 Auxiliary to OTMH is founded with 100 members

February 14 1950 OakvilleTrafalgar Memorial Hospital opens on the present site 50 beds 13 staff doctors and 13 nurses Oakville residents help move eight patients and six babies into the new hospital

1952 120bed addition is planned Population of Oakville is 17300

June 1956 Official opening of the new fourstorey addition which includes powerhouse maintenance shop laundry and physiotherapy Staff increases from 150 to 265The hospitals capacity increases to 170 beds from 58

1956 Oakvilles population has increased from 13000 to 30000 and shows no signs of stopping The hospital is under stress again

1959 OTMH operating expenses pass the one milliondollar mark Area population approaches 40000

1963 Completion of a new wing which included new operating and recovery rooms a chapel new xray and obstetrical departments and a state of the art intensive care unit which is one of the first in Canada The addition brings the hospitals total to 333 beds

1964 A nurses residence the Helen Lawson building opens The building is named for Mrs Raymond Lawson wife of former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and a longtime supporter of OTMH

1970 Assessment for future healthcare needs forms the basis of a redevelopment program for the entire hospital This became know as the Master Plan

1977 The Master Plan is approved by the Ontario Ministry of Health The plan involves the redevelopment of the hospital in three separate but continuous building stages

1979 Phase one of the Master Plan is completed including a new Emergency Radiology Outpatient Admitting Laboratory Physical Plant and Obstetrical Departments The other phases of the plan are never completed because funding was stopped before they got underway

October 1979 Doctor Eric quotSoapyquot Soanes dies at the age of 78 Dr Soanes was the first Chief of Staff at OTMH a Lions Club member integral in establishing the temporary hospital

November 11 1979 Mississauga Train Derailment forces the evacuation of OTMH

March 9 1982 Colin and Gregory Rankin North Americas first test tube twins are born at OTMH

May 1986 OTMHs CAT Scanner suite is officially opened thanks to many months of planning and fund raising

1991 OTMH Charitable Corporation is formed a nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining the highest level of healthcare services to the community through ongoing financial support to OTMH

1993 The Auxiliary to OTMH makes its second 1 million pledge to the hospitals New Equipment fund raising campaign

1994 Grand opening of the newly renovated Auxiliary Gift Shop

1995 September is proclaimed OTMH Month by Mayor Ann Mulvale to mark the completion of the threeyear 49 million redevelopment and expansion program

1996 The first OTMH Classic is run through Olde Oakville raising 6600

August 1 1998 At the direction of the Health Services Restructuring Commision OakvilleTrafalgar Memorial Hospital and Milton District Hospital form one corporate body named Halton Healthcare Services Corporation

1999 Permanent funding is received to establish a 34bed Rehab Unit at the OTMH site

1999 Application is made to the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care to develop the high school site into a long term care facility in partnership with Extendicare Canada

2000 OTMH celebrates fifty years of community healthcare

March 2001 HHS completes the renovation and expansion of the OTMH Emergency and Ambulatory Care Department The 18month construction project included the complete renovation of the existing department plus the addition of 6000 square feet in new clinical space Also developed was a new 12000 square foot ambulatory care area to house services such as the Halton Diabetes Program the Eye Clinic ConnectCare and the Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Program

June 2004 The Renal Dialysis Unit at OTMH expands its scope by providing Peritoneal Dialysis Service to patients

September 19 2005 The Government of Ontario announces that a new hospital will be built in Oakville

April 2007 The Intensive Care Unit ICU at OTMH opens additional beds in a newly expanded and renovated space The expansion brings the number of beds in the unit to 18 The original unit built in 1995 had 12 beds