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In 2022, the Government of Ontario announced that Toronto Western will be expanded to include a new patient care tower that will increase capacity for inpatients, operating rooms, and other units. The expansion is projected to increase neurosurgical procedures by 10% over the next ten years.
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In 1895, doctors serving what was then the west end of Toronto united in hopes of building a full hospital facility to serve this overlooked locale. Twelve doctors signed a pledge to fulfill their vision and soon after, the Toronto Western Hospital was born.
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The main wing or McLaughlin Pavilion was built in 1935 by Govan Ferguson Lindsay Kaminker Langley Keenleyside and renovated in 2003 by Dunlop-Farrow Architects and Murray Hilgers Architects.
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The 1906 North Wing, 1910 South Wing and 1911/1923 additions were designed by
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Nurses at the Toronto Western Hospital gathered around a patient in 1955
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Research hospitals of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
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and was one of the first centres in Canada to use the
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Hospitals affiliated with the University of Toronto
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Johnson Eye Centre 217:, Canada. It is part of the 16:Hospital in Toronto, Ontario 7: 613:Toronto Grace Health Centre 598:North York General Hospital 551:William Osler Health System 447:Toronto East Health Network 10: 891: 752:Krembil Research Institute 560:Etobicoke General Hospital 495:St. Joseph's Health Centre 393:Scarborough Health Network 244: 239:Krembil Research Institute 225:annually. It is known for 205:) is a major research and 762: 723:University Health Network 720: 700: 668: 568: 548: 516:University Health Network 513: 483: 463: 445: 420: 390: 233:. 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University Health Network

CN Tower
Toronto
Ontario
Care system
Type
Teaching
Affiliated university
University of Toronto
Emergency department
Neuroscience
population health
www.uhn.ca/corporate/AboutUHN/OurHospitals/TWH/
teaching hospital
Toronto
Ontario
University Health Network
emergency department
neurosurgery
gamma knife
Donald K. Johnson Eye Centre
Krembil Research Institute

public dispensary
Bathurst
Dundas Streets
E. J. Lennox
Toronto General Hospital
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

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