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Toronto General Hospital

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted August, 2007

Photo Source - Wikimedia Commons

On the south side of College Street just east of University Avenue is this Ontario Heritage Trust plaque which says:

Coordinates: 43.660033 -79.389383

This institution, the first general infirmary in Upper Canada, began operation in 1829. It was periodically hampered by administrative and financial difficulties but through the initiative of the influential businessman, Sir Joseph Flavelle, Chairman of its Board of Trustees (1904-21), services were reorganized and steps taken for the construction here of a new hospital. Designed by the firm of Darling & Pearson, it was begun in 1911 and officially opened two years later. Toronto General Hospital quickly moved to the forefront of Canadian medicine as an outstanding teaching and research centre. In association with the University of Toronto, Connaught Laboratories and other institutions, it achieved international recognition in the fields of radiology, heart surgery, and the treatment of diabetes, arthritis, and kidney and vascular disease.

More Toronto buildings designed by Darling and Pearson
The Canadian Bank of Commerce Building 1929-1931
Canadian General Electric Company Building 1908
The Dominion Bank Building 1914
Imperial Bank of Canada 1908
Mount Pleasant Cemetery

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Saint Luke's United Church Centennial 1887-1987
William Davies Company

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> Posted November 5, 2010
I had a kidney/pancreas transplant here some years ago. I can't say enough good things about the professionalism of its staff.

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