Princess Margaret Hospital is located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on University Avenue at College Street. It is part of the University Health Network. It specializes in the treatment of cancer, and offers the majority of its services to residents of the Greater Toronto Area. It frequently hosts patients from other parts of Canada for access to a calibre of treatment considered the best in the nation. In particular, the hospital offers expertise in the fields of surgical oncology, bone marrow transplantation, chemotherapy, radiation oncology, psychosocial oncology, hematology, medical imaging and radiation therapy.
Its related research arm, the The Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI), has made world-renowned contributions, and works in conjunction with the hospital in a mutually beneficial relationship. Many researchers at the OCI hold appointments at the University of Toronto, often within the Department of Medical Biophysics.
The hospital was once located beside the now demolished Wellesley Hospital, on Sherbourne Street north of Wellesley Avenue. During health restructuring legislated by the Harris Government, hospitals were forced to abide a stringent funding formula or face closure. While several hospitals were unable to meet the new requirements, others merged administrations or relocated to save operating costs. The Princess Margaret Hospital associated itself with the University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital in self-preservation. It relocated next door to the latter.
Like many hospitals, Princess Margaret Hospital holds an annual lottery.
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Princess Margaret Hospital (http://www.uhn.on.ca/pmh/)
The PrincessMargaretHospital (PMH) is a non-profit publicly funded facility built in 1952.
It was previously named the Bahamas General Hospital, and was renamed in 1955 in honour of the visit of the Queen of England’s sister, PrincessMargaret, to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
The strength of PrincessMargaretHospital is its broad range of tertiary services and clinical programmes designed to serve the entire Bahamas and a staff that is recognized nationally for the quality of its Patient Care.
The objective of this partnership is to increase government revenues, reduce expenses and contribute to the overall advancement of the facility.
The Yellowbirds Volunteer Auxiliary was established in November 1966 as an invaluable partner of the PrincessMargaretHospital and continues to be a vibrant and ever increasing body of concerned citizens committed to supporting the hospital in a wide variety of ways.
The PrincessMargaretHospital Foundation is a non-profit, charitable organization established in October 2003 to strengthen the hospital’s ability to provide healthcare of the highest quality in the Bahamas.
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