It has been 50 years to the day since the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario first opened its doors.
It has been 50 years to the day since the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario first opened its doors.
Countless community members pushed hard for the provincial government to establish a bilingual children's hospital in Ottawa. The Ontario government approved in principle the construction of CHEO in 1966, at an estimated cost of $10 million, which would be more than $92 million today. Since that time, CHEO has grown thanks to ongoing help from volunteers and community fundraising.President and CEO Alex Munter said it was a contentious issue at the time.
The hospital grew over the years, adding pediatric neurosurgery, dental, a sports injury clinic and a neonatal transport team, among many other advancements.1980: CHEO opens 1st pediatric burn treatment centre in eastern Ontario.1988: First 2 bone marrow transplants in Canada using unrelated HLA compatible donors performed at CHEO.1994: CHEO becomes 1st Canadian hospital to adopt Epic for admissions and scheduling.2001: CHEO establishes Telehealth program.
Teitelbaum's daughter would later work as a screener at CHEO – three generations of women under one roof. A growing trend of century-old churches being closed, sold and/or demolished in the Maritimes is a sad reality many parishioners are starting to get used to.Five months after a coroner's inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail, his family said Thursday the province has failed to implement any of the dozens of recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths in the future.
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