The R.R. McEwen atrium of the Toronto General Hospital, southwest corner of the site, view from University Avenue.

The Toronto General Hospital (part of the University Health Network,) is a major teaching hospital downtown Toronto, Canada. Known sometimes as "TGH", it is located directly north of the Hospital for Sick Children, across Gerrard Street, and east of Princess Margaret Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital, across University Avenue. They are steps from Queen's Park and the Queen's Park subway station. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 473 KB) Summary Front view of the Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 473 KB) Summary Front view of the Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... University Avenue is one of the main north-south roads in downtown Toronto. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... The University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada by student population. ... An organ transplant is the transplantation of an organ (or part of one) from one body to another, for the purpose of replacing the recipients damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The University Health Network (UHN) is an umbrella organization that encompasses three major hospitals in Toronto, Canada, as well as a family of affiliated medical laboratories and foundations. ... Atrium of the Hospital for Sick Children. ... Princess Margaret Hospital Princess Margaret Hospital is located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on University Avenue at College Street. ... Mount Sinai Hospital Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH) is a hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... University Avenue is one of the main north-south roads in downtown Toronto. ... Queens Park is an historic green space in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Queens Park is a station on the Yonge-University Spadina line of the Toronto subway. ...

The hospital has existed at its current location since 1913. The hospital first started as a small shed used as a military hospital during the War of 1812. It was founded as York General in 1829 at Simcoe and King. TGH currently has 353 beds as the General Division site. Combatants United States United Kingdom Strength United States Regular army : 99,000 Volunteers: 10,000* Rangers: 3,000 Militia: 458,000** Naval and marine: 20,000 Indigenous peoples New York Iroquois: 600 Northwestern allies: ? Southern allies: ? United Kingdom Regular army: 10,000+ Naval and marine: ? Canadian militia: 86,000+** Indigenous... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... King Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Over the years, many renovations and additions have been done to expand the hospital from its first building along College Street, which for many years was known as the "College Wing". Given that the College Wing was no longer suitable for the needs of a modern 21st century hospital, it now serves as the premises of the independent "MARS Discovery District", a medical research convergence centre. As such, the hospital no longer has any frontage along College Street. A typical College street sign in Little Italy, Toronto College Street is a main east-west route in downtown Toronto, Canada. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

TGH's official address is at 200 Elizabeth Street Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C4, although there are entrances on University Avenue, Elizabeth Street and Gerrard Street. Emergency is on Elizabeth at the corner of Gerrard and treats 30,000+ persons each year. Look up Emergency in Wiktionary, the free dictionary An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate threat to human life or serious damage to property. ...

The hospital also houses the major transplantation service for Ontario. Many organ transplants are undertaken here every year, including Heart, Lung, Kidney, Liver, Pancreas and Small Bowel. Patients are referred from all over eastern Canada.

In addition to treating tens of thousands of patients and helping in teaching to future physicians, nurses and technicians, the hospital is home to research through the Toronto General Research Institute and the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation.

See also

• List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage

// Civilian King George III 1801: Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning 1810: Canada Club (under the patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) Queen Victoria 1837: Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh) 1851: Royal Canadian Institute (under patronage of Lieutenant...

External links

• http://www.uhn.ca/tgh/
• http://www.uhnresearch.ca/institutes/tgri/index.htm
• http://www.ehealthinnovation.org/