North York General Hospital
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{{Infobox Hospital
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| Image = nygh_nw_sc1136.jpg
| Caption = '''North York General Hospital''' from the northwest (Leslie and Sheppard)
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| Location = [[North York, Ontario|North York]]
| Region = Toronto
| State = Ontario
| Country = Canada
| HealthCare = Medicare
| Type = General
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| 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
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| Website = http://www.nygh.on.ca/home.htm
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'''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.]]
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==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]]
}}
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[[Category:1968 establishments]]
[[Category:Hospitals in Toronto]]
[[Category:Teaching hospitals in Canada]]
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