North York General Hospital 2044162 212368268 2008-05-14T15:28:07Z 216.94.129.34 {{Infobox Hospital | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Org/Group = <!-- optional --> | Image = nygh_nw_sc1136.jpg | Caption = '''North York General Hospital''' from the northwest (Leslie and Sheppard) | Logo = <!-- optional --> | Location = [[North York, Ontario|North York]] | Region = Toronto | State = Ontario | Country = Canada | HealthCare = Medicare | Type = General | Speciality = | Standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | Emergency = <!-- UK/IR/HK/SG: Yes/No, CA/US: I/II/III for Trauma certification level --> Yes (acute, subacute and ambulatory care) | Affiliation= [[University of Toronto ]] | Beds = 434 | Founded = 1968 | Closed = <!-- optional --> | Website = http://www.nygh.on.ca/home.htm | Wiki-Links = <!-- optional --> |}} '''North York General Hospital''' (NYGH) is one of [[Toronto]]'s many [[hospital]]s and serves the area of north central Toronto (formerly [[North York, Ontario|North York]]). The current Chief of Medicine is Dr. David Baron. It is also a teaching hospital for the [[University of Toronto]]. ==Main site== The main site is at [[Leslie Street]] and [[Sheppard Avenue]] was opened in [[1968]] by the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE), Missionary Health Institute and Canadian Mothercraft Society. Some 3,000 volunteers collected $3.2 million of the $8.6 million cost of the new hospital. The hospital underwent an expansion in the [[2003]] and work is now completed with additional bed spaces. '''NYG''' is a primary multi-care facility (open 24 hours) in the [[North York]] area, a teaching hospital and famous for neo-natal care. It was one of a few [[Toronto]] area hospitals that had [[SARS]] cases. [[image:nygh_sw_sc1126.jpg|thumb|left|225px|'''North York General Hospital''' from the southwest parking lot.]] <br clear="left"> ==Secondary site== The secondary site at [[Bathurst Street]] and [[Finch Avenue]] West (formerly North York Branson). It opened in [[1957]] as the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] Hospital and completed with donations from Atkinson Foundation, community contributions ($16,000) and Adventist members from [[Loma Linda, California]]. It is named for Mr. [[William Henry Branson]], an Adventist missionary and President of the [[General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists]]. In [[1997]] it became part of the NYG (as NYG-Branson Division) after restructuring by the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario| Conservative]] [[Ontario government|provincial government]] of [[Mike Harris]]. ==External links== * [http://www.nygh.on.ca Official website] {{Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way) | Centre = North York General Hospital | North = [[York Central Hospital]] | West = [[Humber River Regional Hospital]] | East = [[Scarborough Hospital]] | South = [[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre]] }} {{Toronto_teaching_hospitals}} [[Category:1968 establishments]] [[Category:Hospitals in Toronto]] [[Category:Teaching hospitals in Canada]] {{coord|43|46|10|N|79|21|46|W|display=title}}