Toronto Grace Health Centre
| Toronto Grace Health Centre | |
|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | |
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 650 Church St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP) |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Beds | 119 |
| Speciality | Palliative care |
| History | |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.torontograce.org |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
Toronto Grace Health Centre is a hospital located at 650 Church Street in Toronto, Ontario. Owned and operated by the Salvation Army, it specializes in palliative care, slow-paced rehabilitation, and complex continuing care.
Overview
Located on the corner of Church and Bloor Street in downtown Toronto, the six-storey facility[1] was known as a maternity hospital up to the 1970s when the hospital closed its pregnancy ward. It was one of the first hospitals in Canada to introduce palliative care. It is now a long term and palliative care facility.[2]
In 2002, the hospital underwent several renovations, meant to curb energy consumption, in associated with the Energy Innovators Initiative[3]
The Salvation Army was prepared to close the hospital starting in February 2010 due to high upkeep costs,[4] but a deal was struck between the Province and the Salvation Army to keep the hospital open.[5]
History
- 1889 - The Salvation Army opens a rescue home in Toronto.
- 1905 - The home becomes The Salvation Army Maternity Hospital on Esther Street.
- 1909 - Hospital moves to the corner of Bloor and Church Streets.
- 1925 - An extension is added to what was then called the Toronto Women's Hospital.
- 1937 - The hospital is renamed Toronto Grace.
- 1959 - New building is constructed at Bloor and Church Street.
- 1969 - Designated a general hospital.
- 1979 - Designated a chronic care and palliative care hospital, opening the first Palliative Care Unit in Ontario.
- 1998 - The Health Services Restructuring Committee directed the Toronto Grace and three other complex continuing care hospitals to close.
- 2001 - The Ministry of Health reverses the decision and directs Toronto Grace to continue to provide its programs and services.
- 2005 - Toronto Grace Hospital celebrates its 100th birthday at Church and Bloor Streets in downtown Toronto
- 2007 - Renamed Toronto Grace Health Centre with new logo
Footnotes
- ↑ Toronto Grace Hospital (Mid-Rise)
- ↑ Toronto Grace Hospital
- ↑ Publication | Toronto Grace Hospital | Energy Innovators Initiative Project Synopsis
- ↑ http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/local/article/434247--grace-hospital-up-for-grabs-as-salvation-army-backs-out
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Coordinates: 43°40′14″N 79°22′59″W / 43.670429°N 79.383178°W