Trillium Health Centre - Mississauga Site

Name :

Trillium Health Centre - Mississauga Site

Address  :

100 Queensway West

Town  :

Mississauga

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

L5B 1B8

Phone  :

905 848 7100

Fax  :

905 848 7140

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

internetwebmaster@thc.on.ca

Description

Trillium Health Centre Mississauga

The focal point for our inpatient services Trillium Mississauga is located in the heart of Mississaugas south end just a few minutes north of Lake Ontario and south of City Centre

With over 120000 visits annually the 24hour Emergency Centre at Trillium Mississauga is the largest in Canada one of the busiest in the country and frequently the front door to many of our regional programs including Stroke Neurosurgery Cardiac and Sexual Assault amp Domestic Violence Services Our Mississauga location also houses the largest concentration of critical care services in Canada with modern facilities offering bright and roomy patient rooms for Intensive Care Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care and Coronary Care

With a specialized focus on womens and childrens health services our Colonel Harland Sanders Family Care Centre the first of its kind to be located in a hospital setting in Canada brings all these services together under one roof Its childfriendly treatment and waiting room areas feature interactive wall deacutecor an innovative playroom and bright colours designed with input from children in the community We also have the largest birthing centre in the region with over 4000 births annually

History

In July 1997 the Health Services Restructuring Commission directed the Mississauga Hospital and Queensway General Hospital to merge to become a new hospital corporation By April 1 1998 the two hospitals had successfully amalgamated

As the new organization took shape the Board of Directors recognized the need to introduce a new name for the twosite hospital that better reflected its mandate and vision The Board opened up a naming competition to the community inviting residents to submit their proposals for a new identity More than 800 suggestions were received including several variations on the name Trillium

On October 6 1998 Trillium Health Centre unveiled its new name and visual identity at special ceremonies at each hospital location launching the beginning of a bright future in health care for Mississauga and West Toronto residents

1998 Trillium Health Centre officially opens

The West Toronto location becomes the Ambulatory Care Centre for Trillium
Chantels Place opens

1999 Assertive Community Treatment ACT program officially opens

Cardiac Catheterization Labs officially open

Urgent Care Centre opens at the West Toronto location

2000 A new wing opens at the Mississauga location housing the largest Emergency Care Centre in Canada new critical care areas for the Coronary Care Unit Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit a Health Information amp Wellness Centre and the Colonel Harland Sanders Family Care Centre the first of its kind in a community hospital in Canada

2001 Trillium opens the Kidz Klinic at the Mississauga location

Regional Secondary Stroke Clinic opens at the Mississauga location

A Cardiac Wellness amp Rehabilitation Centre opens at West Toronto

Project Management Office opens

A stateoftheart multislice CT Scanner is installed at West Toronto

A Health Information amp Wellness Centre opens at West Toronto complementing the service already offered at the Mississauga location

The Surgicentre officially opens at the West Toronto location the largest freestanding day surgery facility in North America

The 1st Back to School Conference an internal educational conference is held

The Regional Stroke Centre officially opens

2002 Trillium opens a selfcontained 8bed Geriatric Mental Health Inpatient Unit providing shortterm hospitalization for older adults

2004 The Comprehensive Stroke Unit opens at the Mississauga location the first of its kind in Canada

The Betty Wallace Womens Health Centre opens West Toronto offering women in the community access to integrated services dedicated to the specialized care to women with potential breast cancer and osteoporosis

Trillium is the first hospital in Canada to use new minipump heart bypass technology

Trillium receives ISO 14001 Registration the first multisite hospital in the world to do so

2005 The Kingsway Financial Spine Centre the first centre of its kind in Canada opens at the West Toronto location offering onestop care to people with acute back and neck pain

Government gives approval to Trilliums expansion and redevelopment projects at both sites

Trillium installs the Toshiba 64 Slice Multi Detector CT allowing the hospital to provide Cardiac CTs for the first time

Trillium installs the Toshiba Neuro Biplane a diagnostic and interventional tool used to treat aneurysms tumors strokes and blood vessel malformations of the brain and spine It is the first one in Peel Region and only the 6th in Ontario

A new stateoftheart MRI replaced the older model allowing Trillium to perform brain spine joint and general body imaging as well as specialized breast and cardiac MRIs