The Ottawa Hospital's General Campus is one of three main campuses of

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, Canada. With 569 beds, the General Campus includes The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre and the Cancer Centre. The Ottawa General Hospital opened in 1845 at the current site of the Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital in the ByWard Market area of Ottawa. In 1980, the General moved to its current location at 501 Smyth Road.

History

* 1845 – The building for the General Hospital was purchased for $240 and was run by

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and the

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. * 1862-1866 – The General Hospital moved to Water and Sussex streets. * 1866 – The first

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was performed. * 1897 – The General Hospital begin to accept and train interns. * 1918 – A major fire damaged the General Hospital. * 1947 – A clinical teaching program was set up with the

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. * 1950s – The General Hospital was the first to be affiliated with the University of Ottawa School of Medicine. * 1957 – The first

autologous Autotransplantation is the transplantation of organs, tissues, or even particular proteins from one part of the body to another in the same person ('' auto-'' meaning "self" in Greek). The autologous tissue (also called autogenous, autogene ...

human

bone marrow Bone marrow is a semi-solid tissue found within the spongy (also known as cancellous) portions of bones. In birds and mammals, bone marrow is the primary site of new blood cell production (or haematopoiesis). It is composed of hematopoietic ce ...

in Canada was administered. * 1967 – The first

synovectomy Synovectomy is a procedure where the synovial tissue surrounding a joint is removed. This procedure is typically recommended to provide relief from a condition in which the synovial membrane or the joint lining becomes inflamed and irritated and i ...

in Canada was performed. * 1976 – The first self-financing drug information service in North America was developed. * 1978 – The General Hospital was the first in Canada to offer pharmacy-based

clinical toxicology Toxicology is a scientific discipline, overlapping with biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and medicine, that involves the study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms and the practice of diagnosing and treating expos ...

consulting service. * 1980 – The General Hospital moved to its current site at 501 Smyth Rd. * 1986 – Noëlla Leclair received Canada's first

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artificial heart. * 1988 – The first

bone marrow transplant Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood, or umbilical cord blood in order to replicate inside of a patient and to produce ...

in Canada between unrelated donors was performed. * 1989 – The University of Ottawa Eye Institute opened. * 1996 – The Ottawa General Hospital Research Institute was founded by Dr. Ronald Worton. * 1998 – The Civic, General and Riverside hospitals amalgamated to form The Ottawa Hospital. * 2009 – The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre opened.

Services and programs

The University of Ottawa Eye Institute – a major clinical, teaching and research centre in Canada for

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– is located at the General Campus. The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre – part of the Integrated Rehabilitation Program – is also located at the General Campus. The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Program is a comprehensive

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

program serving the Champlain

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. As the “hub” of this Regional Cancer Program, The Ottawa Hospital operates a Cancer Centre with two sites – one at the General Campus and the other at the Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre, located on the grounds of the Queensway Carleton Hospital. Established in 2000, the Kidney Research Centre was Canada's first research facility devoted exclusively to investigating diseases that attack the

kidney The kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped organs found in vertebrates. They are located on the left and right in the retroperitoneal space, and in adult humans are about in length. They receive blood from the paired renal arteries; blood ...

. It is affiliated with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital. In 2012, the Blood Disease Centre opened with a focus on practice-changing research and patient care in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of

blood disorders Hematologic diseases are disorders which primarily affect the blood & blood-forming organs. Hematologic diseases include rare genetic disorders, anemia, HIV, sickle cell disease & complications from chemotherapy or transfusions. Myeloid * Hemogl ...

References

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