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London Health Sciences Centre
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- Anaesthesiology
- Cardiothoracic Surgeon
- Dentistry
- Paediatrics
- Plastic Surgery
- Urology
Description
Who We Are
London Health Sciences Centre LHSC one of Canadas largest acutecare teaching hospitals is dedicated to excellence in patient care teaching and research For more than 135 years we have provided patient care for the people of London the region and beyond Many national and international medical breakthroughs have been pioneered at LHSC to the benefit of patients at home and around the world Through our affiliation with The University of Western Ontario and more than 30 other educational institutions we train more than 1800 medical and health care professionals annually
History
Our History
London Health Sciences Centre LHSC was formed in 1995 upon the merger of University Hospital and Victoria Hospital But our story began much earlier
Our Proud Legacy
London General Hospital 1875
The legacy of LHSC is more than 130 years old dating from 1875 when the London General Hospital opened on Ottoway Avenue now South Street The Honourable Donald Alexander Macdonald LieutenantGovernor of Ontario officially opened the facility Soon after the hospitals tradition of teaching and training was born For more than a century the citizens of London have made the availability and the advancement of comprehensive hospital services a topmost priority and a defining accomplishment of our community
Clinical site for medical education 1882
Our legacy as a teaching hospital dates from 1882 when the Faculty of Medicine of the Western University of London Ontario now The University of Western Ontario UWO opened in a white frame cottage on St James Street By 1887 there were 60 students too many for the original site and a new building was constructed at Waterloo and York Streets Change came in 1921 with the opening of a new building at South and Waterloo Streets and in 1965 when the Faculty moved to the university campus As Londons first clinical site for medical education the London General Hospital contributed to the development of the Faculty
Canadas third school of nursing established in London 1883
In 1883 the London General Training School for Nurses opened with three students enrolledthe third nursing school opened in Canada Students lived in the hospital until the opening of the Nurses Residence in 1905 Nursing education in London transferred to Fanshawe College in 1975 and in 2001 became an integrated program of the College UWO
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