The Ottawa Hospital ( French : L'Hôpital d'Ottawa ) is a hospital system in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. The system was formed through the merger of the former Grace Hospital, Ottawa Riverside Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital and Ottawa Civic Hospital . The system is affiliated with the University of Ottawa , and its three campuses are all non-profit , public teaching hospitals (the University of Ottawa Heart Institute is located at the hospital's Civic Campus).
10-763: The Ottawa Hospital's Civic Campus is also one of the two trauma centres serving Eastern Ontario and southern Quebec . The other is the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario , accommodating juvenile and adolescent patients. The Ottawa Hospital's General Campus is home to the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center, the main site of the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Program and the Champlain Regional Cancer Program. This program runs in conjunction with
20-489: Is located at 1053 Carling Avenue in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. The hospital was championed largely by Harold Fisher following the 1918 flu pandemic . While the facility is today located in an urban location, Fisher faced ridicule at the time for advocating for a location in the then-countryside and the project was branded by some as "Fisher's Folly". The Civic Campus is the region's only adult-care trauma centre, treating
30-771: Is one of three main campuses of The Ottawa Hospital – along with the General and Riverside campuses. With 549 beds (including the Heart Institute), the Civic Campus has the region's only adult-care trauma centre, serving Eastern Ontario , the Outaouais region of Quebec and eastern Nunavut . The Civic Campus also houses the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, which provides cardiac care for patients at The Ottawa Hospital. The Civic Campus opened in 1924 and
40-452: Is one of three main campuses of The Ottawa Hospital – along with the Civic and General campuses, and is the only campus that does not admit patients and has no emergency department. The facility operates for out-patient treatment and procedures during the day Monday - Friday. The Riverside Hospital of Ottawa first opened in 1967 on Riverside Drive close to where the current General campus and
50-860: Is part of The Ottawa Hospital, and a major part of the University of Ottawa Faculties of Medicine and Health Science. Formed on April 1, 2001, by the merger of the Loeb Health Research Institute and the Ottawa Health Research Institute, the OHRI is a multi-campus facility with more than 2,000 scientists, clinician investigators, trainees and staff. These researchers are studying more than a hundred different diseases, conditions and specialties with an overall focus on translating discoveries and knowledge into better health. The Ottawa Hospital's Riverside Campus
60-591: Is the first place in Canada dedicated to kidney research. In addition, the hospital is home to the Shirley E. Greenberg Women's Health Centre. The centre is dedicated to research, education, and helping women improve their health. The centre sees 30,000 patients a year. The book Making waves: a history of the Riverside Hospital of Ottawa recounts the hospital's long history. The General Campus shares
70-757: The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is located on Smyth Road. On 1 April 1998 the hospital was amalgamated with the Civic Hospital and the General Hospital into The Ottawa Hospital. The hospital is also the Riverside station for OC Transpo . The hospital is home to the Kidney Research Centre, a centre within the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. The centre was established in 2000 and
80-650: The Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre located at the Queensway Carleton Hospital , located on the western side of Ottawa, also operated by the Ottawa Hospital. The General Campus provides specialized in and outpatient services for hematological diseases, as well as radiation and medical oncology. The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) is a non-profit academic health research institute that
90-400: The ground level helipad located next to CHEO for ground ambulance transfers to the General. There is a helipad located at the hospital's Civic Campus located across Carling Avenue. The helipad is used by Medevac as the majority of landings take place there as the Civic Campus is the site of Ottawa's Level 1 Trauma Centre for adults. Ottawa Civic Hospital The Ottawa Civic Hospital
100-463: The most critical health needs. It is the regional centre for cardiac and stroke care, treating patients from eastern Ontario, western Quebec and eastern Nunavut. Between April 2013 and March 2016, the Civic Campus had 6,595 visits from Nunavut patients. The University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre – the largest centre in Canada and one of the largest in North America – is also located at
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