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Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital |
| Address |
327 Reynolds Street |
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Oakville |
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Ontario |
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Canada |
| Post Code |
L6J 3L7 |
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905 845 2571 |
| Fax |
905 338 4457 |
| Email |
lmartins@haltonhealthcare.on.ca |
| Website |
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Specialization Of Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
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Obestetrician/Gynecologist |
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About Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
As a full service acute care community hospital, Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) offers a comprehensive range of services. Major programs offered by the hospital include maternal child care, emergency and ambulatory care, medicine, mental health, surgery, rehabilitation and geriatrics.
To learn more about our hospital's history, please see our History page.
For more information on any of these programs or for a more comprehensive list of the services offered at OTMH, click on the Programs and Services button on the menu to the left.
If you wish to share your gift for caring as a volunteer at OTMH, please click on the Volunteering selection on the menu to the left.
If you are planning a visit to OTMH, click on the Visiting Our Hospital button for visitor information.
If you are interested in making a donation to the hospital, click on Fundraising find out more about the Oakville Hospital Foundation.
Looking for a doctor? Click on Need a Doctor? for a list of physicians in the area currently taking patients.
Interested in working at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital? Visit our Career Opportunities page for a complete list of employment opportunities at Halton Healthcare Services.
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History Of Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
It all began ...
...in 1937 when a two ward, four-bed hospital is established at the corner of Eighth Line and MacDonald Road in Oakville...
1944 - A group of Oakville residents form the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Association to raise money to build a new hospital when it becomes evident that critically ill or injured patients will not survive the trip to Toronto. The group quickly raises $100,000 for the new hospital but construction plans are put on hold until after World War II.
1945 - A temporary hospital is established by the Lion's Club on First Street. The increase to 14 beds is a drastic improvement but still does not meet the needs of the rapidly growing community.
1948 - An additional campaign is launched by the Association to raise $125,000 and in 1949 the new hospital is built.
1949 - Auxiliary to OTMH is founded with 100 members.
February 14, 1950 - Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital opens on the present site - 50 beds, 13 staff doctors, and 13 nurses. Oakville residents help move eight patients and six babies into the new hospital.
1952 - 120-bed addition is planned. Population of Oakville is 17,300.
June 1956 - Official opening of the new four-storey addition which includes powerhouse, maintenance shop, laundry and physiotherapy. Staff increases from 150 to 265.The hospital's capacity increases to 170 beds from 58.
1956 - Oakville's population has increased from 13,000 to 30,000 and shows no signs of stopping. The hospital is under stress again.
1959 - OTMH operating expenses pass the one million-dollar mark. Area population approaches 40,000.
1963 - Completion of a new wing which included new operating and recovery rooms, a chapel, new x-ray and obstetrical departments and a state of the art intensive care unit, which is one of the first in Canada. The addition brings the hospital's total to 333 beds.
1964 - A nurses' residence, the Helen Lawson building, opens. The building is named for Mrs. Raymond Lawson, wife of former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and a long-time supporter of OTMH.
1970 - Assessment for future healthcare needs forms the basis of a redevelopment program for the entire hospital. This became know as the Master Plan.
1977 - The Master Plan is approved by the Ontario Ministry of Health. The plan involves the redevelopment of the hospital in three separate but continuous building stages.
1979 - Phase one of the Master Plan is completed including a new Emergency, Radiology, Outpatient, Admitting, Laboratory, Physical Plant and Obstetrical Departments. The other phases of the plan are never completed because funding was stopped before they got underway.
October 1979 - Doctor Eric "Soapy" Soanes dies at the age of 78. Dr. Soanes was the first Chief of Staff at OTMH, a Lions Club member integral in establishing the temporary hospital.
November 11, 1979 - Mississauga Train Derailment forces the evacuation of OTMH.
March 9, 1982 - Colin and Gregory Rankin, North America's first test tube twins, are born at OTMH.
May 1986 - OTMH's CAT Scanner suite is officially opened, thanks to many months of planning and fund raising.
1991 - OTMH Charitable Corporation is formed - a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining the highest level of healthcare services to the community through ongoing financial support to OTMH.
1993 - The Auxiliary to OTMH makes its second $ 1 million pledge to the hospital's New Equipment fund raising campaign.
1994 - Grand opening of the newly renovated Auxiliary Gift Shop.
1995 - September is proclaimed OTMH Month by Mayor Ann Mulvale to mark the completion of the three-year $49 million redevelopment and expansion program.
1996 - The first OTMH Classic is run through Olde Oakville raising $6,600.
August 1, 1998 - At the direction of the Health Services Restructuring Commision, Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and Milton District Hospital form one corporate body named Halton Healthcare Services Corporation.
1999 - Permanent funding is received to establish a 34-bed Rehab Unit at the OTMH site.
1999 - Application is made to the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care to develop the high school site into a long term care facility in partnership with Extendicare Canada.
2000 - OTMH celebrates fifty years of community healthcare.
March 2001 - HHS completes the renovation and expansion of the OTMH Emergency and Ambulatory Care Department. The 18-month construction project included the complete renovation of the existing department plus the addition of 6,000 square feet in new clinical space. Also developed was a new 12,000 square foot ambulatory care area to house services such as the Halton Diabetes Program, the Eye Clinic, ConnectCare and the Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Program.
June 2004 - The Renal Dialysis Unit at OTMH expands its scope by providing Peritoneal Dialysis Service to patients.
September 19, 2005 - The Government of Ontario announces that a new hospital will be built in Oakville.
April 2007 - The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at OTMH opens additional beds in a newly expanded and renovated space. The expansion brings the number of beds in the unit to 18. The original unit, built in 1995, had 12 beds.
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