Toronto General Hospital
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{{Infobox Hospital
| Name = {{PAGENAME}}
| Org/Group = [[University Health Network]]
| Image = tgh_3160_northwest.jpg
| Caption = Toronto General Hospital from the northwest ([[College Street (Toronto)|College Street]] and [[University Avenue (Toronto)|University Avenue]]).
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| Location =
| Region = Toronto
| State = Ontario
| Country = Canada
| HealthCare = Medicare
| Type = Teaching
| Speciality = [[Cardiology]] and [[Organ transplant|Transplantation]]
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| Emergency = Yes
| Affiliation= [[University of Toronto]]
| Patron = [[Sophie, Countess of Wessex]]
| Beds = 471
| Founded = 1812
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| Website = http://www.uhn.ca/tgh/
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The '''Toronto General Hospital''' (TGH), is a part of the [[University Health Network]], and a major teaching hospital in downtown [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. It is located in the [[Discovery District]], directly north of the [[Hospital for Sick Children]], across Gerrard Street West, and east of [[Princess Margaret Hospital (Toronto)|Princess Margaret Hospital]] and [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)|Mount Sinai Hospital]], across [[University Avenue (Toronto)|University Avenue]]. They are steps from [[Queen's Park (Toronto)|Queen's Park]] and the [[Queen's Park (TTC)|Queen's Park subway station]].
The hospital first started as a small shed used as a military hospital during the [[War of 1812]], after which it was founded as a permanent institution{{ndash}} York General Hospital{{ndash}} in 1829, at Simcoe and King Streets. In 1913 the hospital moved to its current location, since expanding and upgrading over the ensuing years. The 1913 structure, previously called the ''College Wing'', was eventually abandoned by the hospital, to become the home of the [[MaRS Discovery District|MaRS medical research convergence centre]], after a new wing for the TGH was completed and opened in 2002.
[[Image:Btorontogeneralh00torouoft 0009.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Toronto General Hospital as it appeared in 1895.]]
[[Image:MaRSfromCollege.jpg|250 px|thumb|left|The former location of the Toronto General Hospital, seen from the northeast corner of College Street and University Avenue.]]
The emergency department now treats 28,065 persons each year, while the hospital also houses the major [[Organ transplant|transplantation]] service for Ontario, performing [[heart]], [[lung]], [[kidney]], [[liver]], [[pancreas]] and [[small intestine]], amongst others, for patients referred from all over [[Canada]]. In doing this, the TGH teaches resident physicians, nurses, and technicians, and conducts research through the Toronto General Research Institute.
Currently, [[Sophie, Countess of Wessex]], as a member of the [[Monarchy of Canada#Canadian Royal Family|Canadian Royal Family]], is patron of the hospital.
==See also==
* [[List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage]]
==External links==
*[http://www.uhn.ca/tgh/ Hospital website]
*[http://www.uhnresearch.ca/institutes/tgri/index.htm Research]
*[http://www.ehealthinnovation.org/ Health Innovation]
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[[Category:Hospitals in Toronto|General Hospital]]
[[Category:Teaching hospitals in Canada]]
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[[Category:Organizations based in Canada with royal patronage]]