St Mary’s General Hospital

Name :

St Mary’s General Hospital

Address  :

911 Queens Boulevard

Town  :

Kitchener

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

N2M 1B2

Phone  :

519 744 3311

Fax  :

519 749 6426

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

info@smgh.ca

Description

St Marys General Hospital is a leader in health care excellence with a reputation for providing compassionate and innovative care consistent with the Catholic traditions and values of the Sisters of St Joseph St Marys provides adult acute care and is home to the Regional Cardiac Care Centre

St Marys Stats and Facts

191 acute care beds

1250 staff

176 medical staff

403 volunteers

7000 admissionsyear

100000 outpatient visitsyear

45000 emergency department visitsyear

18000 surgical procedures performedyear

4000 cardiac procedures performedyear

History

Although our origins stretch back to 1916 St Marys General Hospital opened its doors on October 21 1924 Founded by the Sisters of St Joseph of Hamilton St Marys Mission is rooted in the values demonstrated by the Sisters to serve those in need with compassion dignity and respect

Under the direction of the first St Marys Superintendent Sister M Bonaventure Halloran the first patients were welcomed and cared for by 12 volunteer Sisters 14 student nurses and about 12 local physicians Among St Marys first doctors were Dr HM Lackner who performed the first surgery at St Marys Dr CR McCarville Dr LJ Crowley Dr Hartley Henderson Dr HH Huehnergard and Dr HJ McNally The most common conditions treated were fractures appendicitis and tonsillitis

During its first year the staff cared for 380 patients delivered 69 babies performed 429 operations and treated 64 emergency cases By 1929 salaries and wages totaled 1126816 and the daily cost per patient was 219 The Hospital now boasts a staff of about 1200 full and parttime employees and an annual budget of some 100 million

St Marys School of Nursing was founded in 1924 and its first class graduated in 1927 A new nurses residence and school building was opened in 1931 behind the Hospital Throughout the history of the St Marys School of Nursing the training program was constantly revised to provide a balance between classroom education and bedside nursing and to incorporate new discoveries in medicine and techniques in nursing

St Marys many successes could not have been accomplished without the support of many volunteers William J Motz was the first Chairman of the Advisory Board which was established in 1927 Today his grandchildren former owners of the KitchenerWaterloo Record continue to carry out the same dedicated service which he began

St Marys underwent a major expansion and transformation between 1959 and 1962 with substantial community and government support The addition of a 10storey tower increased St Marys ability to care for a rapidly growing and expanding community During that time the hospitals name was changed from St Marys Hospital to St Marys General Hospital to reflect its ecumenical mission to serve everyone regardless of religious affiliation

In 1989 after a rationalization process with the KitchenerWaterloo Hospital now Grand River Hospital St Marys changed its role from being an quotall purposequot hospital to a specialist in adult medicine and surgery St Marys also focused on several other unique inpatient and ambulatory programs such as its rheumatic diseases program

St Marys General Hospital is governed by a Board of Trustees of local citizens who have autonomy to operate the hospital in a manner that best serves the health care needs of the local population while respecting the values and teaching of the Roman Catholic Church as they relate to the sanctity of life and other ethical issues

In 1999 St Marys General Hospital was named as the site for the new Regional Cardiac Care Centre Since that time St Marys Cardiac Program has developed a reputation of excellence providing fullservice diagnostic interventional and surgical programs

St Marys growth and resilience continues with the recent addition of 100000 square feet of new clinical and support service space opened in May 2008 Redevelopment of space within the hospitals existing tower remains underway and will be complete in the spring of 2009

For more than 80 years the Sisters of St Joseph have maintained and enhanced a tradition of ministering to the sick an honor which dates back over two and a half centuries The staff physicians and volunteers at St Marys strive to provide the finest possible health care Their caring skills and insistence on excellence are a testament to the leadership and vision of the Sisters and it is a privilege to continue living their Mission to serve those in need

St Marys is honoured to be a partner in the St Josephs Health System System partners include St Josephs Healthcare Hamilton St Josephs Lifecare Centre Brantford St Josephs Villa Dundas St Josephs Health Centre Guelph and St Josephs Home Care Hamilton