St Michaels Hospital

Name :

St Michaels Hospital

Address  :

30 Bond Street

Town  :

Toronto

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

M5B 1W8

Phone  :

416 360 4000

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

webrequest@smh.toronto.on.ca.

Description

The St Michaels Story
In 1892 in an old Baptist church on Bond Street was Notre Dame des Anges a boarding house for working women operated by the Sisters of St Joseph A diphtheria epidemic was sweeping Toronto and the citys hardpressed medical officer of health issued an appeal to the Sisters The Sisters answered the call to service and founded St Michaels Hospital

The Hospital opened its doors with a bed capacity of 26 and a staff of six doctors and four graduate nurses Within a year accommodation was increased to include two large wards and an emergency department By 1912 bed capacity reached 300 and a fiveroom operating suite was added

As early as 1894 St Michaels Hospital received medical students and in 1920 negotiated a formal agreement with the faculty of medicine at the University of Toronto that continues to this day

Between 1892 and 1974 St Michaels school of nursing graduated 81 classes totalling 5177 graduates The school was closed in 1974 when nursing education was moved into the provinces community college system Thereafter the Hospital opened a school for medical record librarians the first in Canada and also participated in the preparation of dietitians and Xray and laboratory technologists

As Toronto grew and expanded so did the Hospital Ongoing physical expansion most prominent in the 1960s increased the original 26 bed facility to a high of 900 beds

Mission
At St Michaels we recognize the value of every person and are guided by our commitment to excellence and leadership

We provide exemplary physical emotional and spiritual care for each of our
patients and their families

We balance the continued commitment to the care of the poor and those most in
need with the provision of highly specialized services to a broader
community

We build a work environment where each person is valued respected and has an
opportunity for personal and professional growth

We advance excellence in health services education

We foster a culture of discovery in all of our activities and supporting
exemplary health sciences research

We strengthen our relationships with universities colleges other hospitals
agencies and our community

We demonstrate social responsibility through the just use of our resources

Our Values
Our Values
Our Values represent the philosophy and beliefs of our organization guiding all of our decisions and actions

Human Dignity
We value each person as a unique individual with a right to be respected and accepted

Excellence
We value quality in care work life education and research

Compassion
We value a quality of presence and caring that accepts people as they are and fosters healing and wholeness

Social Responsibility
We value integrity and the promotion of the just use of resources entrusted to us for the enhancement of human life

Community of Service
We value a work climate of mutual trust and harmony to enable healing collaboration and the fulfillment of human potential

Pride of Achievement
We value our colleagues our work and our accomplishments and take pride in bringing our rich tradition of hope and healing to every person in our care

History

In 1892 in an old Baptist church on Bond Street was Notre Dame des Anges a boarding house for working women operated by the Sisters of St Joseph As with many other cities of its time a diphtheria epidemic was sweeping Toronto and the hardpressed medical officer of health issued an appeal to the Sisters The Sisters answered the call to service and founded St Michaels Hospital

The Hospital began with a bed capacity of 26 and a staff of six doctors and four graduate nurses Within a year accommodation was increased to include two large wards and an emergency department By 1912 bed capacity reached 300 and a fiveroom operating suite was added

As early as 1894 St Michaels Hospital received medical students and in 1920 negotiated a formal agreement with the faculty of medicine at the University of Toronto that continues to this day

Between 1892 and 1974 St Michaels school of nursing graduated 81 classes totalling 5177 graduates The school was closed in 1974 when nursing education was moved into the community college system Thereafter the Hospital opened a school for medical record librarians one of the first and also participated in the preparation of dietitians and Xray and laboratory technologists

As Toronto grew and expanded so did the Hospital Ongoing physical expansion most prominent in the 1960s increased the original 26 bed facility to a high of 900 beds

In the late 1960s as ambulatory outpatient care became more advanced the number of inpatient beds was reduced

Since the establishment of St Michaels Hospital as a corner stone of the downtown Toronto medical community over a hundred years ago there have been many significant milestones In the years to come many more are anticipated

October 2007 We announce a 20 million contribution toward the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute The funds 15 million from the federal government and 5 million from private donors Arthur and Sonia Labatt will support the Knowledge Institute Slated to open in 2010 the new facility will focus on developing novel therapies and better ways to bring best practices and research discoveries to patient bedsides faster than ever before

August 2007 Dr Alan Lossing becomes the first surgeon in the city to treat a potentially fatal aneurysm of both the chest and the abdomen using minimally invasive surgery that saw the patient released from hospital and walking within days

November 2006 We welcome the National Film Board of Canada and the Filmmaker in Residence project Director Kat Cizek begins a twoyear residency working alongside frontline doctors nurses and researchers to create media for social change

February 2006 Dr Robert Chisholm performs a North American first by implanting an antibodycoated stent into a cardiac patient The stent an innovation in cardiac technology was developed by Dr Michael Kutryk also of St Michaels Hospital

November 2005 We announce the inaugural Canadian donation of 25 million from the Li Ka Shing Canada Foundation LKSCF to establish the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute The state of the art facility is scheduled for completion in 2010 It will house the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing International Centre in Health Care Education

November 2005 With a 13 million donation for the Keenan Research Centre Toronto businessman Patrick Keenan and his wife Barbaras cumulative contributions to the Hospitals research practice have exceeded 25 million

March 2005 Worlds first gene therapy trial for pulmonary hypertension conducted

February 2005 First international surgical eyecare mission to the Philippines

TIME Canada launches a special 20page supplement that takes readers on an unforgettable two week long journey through the Hospital following patients and staff through the emergency department and trauma room the birth of a baby and a complex cardiac surgery

January 2005 First in North America we develops a CIHR training program in the transdisciplinary approach to the health of marginalized populations

November 2004 The Fracture Clinic opens to better integrate care with the Martin Family Centre and create a onestop shop for orthopedic care

July 2004 The first phase of a fivephase plan to implement Project Gemini an electronic patient care system begins At the completion of the first phase the Hospital is able to view patient results and diagnostic images with web technologies

July 2004 Renovations to expand the cardiovascular ICU to 18 beds are complete building on the Hospitals capacity as Canadas largest provider of adult critical care beds

June 2004 The board approves the 2004 Strategic Plan Reaching New Heights which states that St Michaels Hospital through its culture of caring and discovery will be Canadas finest academic health care provider

November 2003 Official opening of the Volunteer Association Helipad one of only four rooftop hospital helipads in Ontario

June 2003 The Terence Donnelly Day Surgery Centre opens The centre provides integrated perioperative services all on one floor and includes a 10bed ambulatory recovery room and 39 patient care areas designed to feel like a comfortable living room

October 2002 First International Conference on Inner City Health Research Improving the Health of the Disadvantaged

September 2001 We are the first hospital in Canada to administer a camera capsule endoscopy procedure

June 2000 Our surgeons successfully complete Ontarios first livedonor kidney retrieval using minimallyinvasive surgery

January 2000 Announcement of Canadas first cardiac gene therapy trial

For the complete listing of Hospital Milestones 18922000 contact the public relations department at 4168645034