Ottawa General Hospital

• 1845 – The building for the General Hospital was purchased for $240 and was run by Élisabeth Bruyère and the Grey Nuns.[1]
• 1862-1866 – The General Hospital moved to Water and Sussex streets.
• 1866 – The first surgical operation 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 University of Ottawa.
• 1950s – The General Hospital was the first to be affiliated with the University of Ottawa School of Medicine.
• 1957 – The first autologous human bone marrow in Canada was administered.
• 1967 – The first synovectomy 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 consulting service.
• 1980 – The General Hospital moved to its current site at 501 Smyth Rd.
• 1986 – Noëlla Leclair received Canada's first Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
• 1988 – The first bone marrow transplant 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.

The University of Ottawa Eye Institute – a major clinical, teaching and research centre in Canada for ophthalmology – is located at the General Campus. The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre – part of the Integrated Rehabilitation Program – is also located at the General Campus.[2]

The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Program is a comprehensive cancer program serving the Champlain LHIN.[3][4] 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.[4]

Established in 2000, the Kidney Research Centre was Canada's first research facility devoted exclusively to investigating diseases that attack the kidney.[5] It is affiliated with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital.[5][6]

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.[6][7]