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8/13/2019 Photo Exhibit for Hospital Spaces
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Tracing Traditional Hospital Spaces: A Photo ETeruko Kishibe, Archivist, St. Michaels Hospital Archives
THE EMERGENCY WARD
When St. Michaels opened on July 1, 1892, (approximately where the Bond Lobby s tands today), it consisted of
a one-room emergency, a simple outpatients clinic and 26 beds. High demand caused the Emergency ward to
quickly outgrow its surroundings on multiple occasions. Newspapers of the day regularly reported emergency
cases handled by St. Michaels; there was, in fact, a strong push for St. Michaels to become exclusively anEmergency hospital, giving up its inpatient wards. Its location, in close proximity to the University of Toronto
and the downtown core, secured its future.
THE MATERNITY WARD
There were no births at St. Michaels in its first two years, but in 1894-1985, when the Hugh Ryan wing was built
with a maternity ward on the top floor, 12 babies were delivered here. Similar to the Emergency ward, Maternity
moved many times as the hospital grew and facilities became outdated. This is most evident in the maternity
wing purchased and renovated in 1907. South of the Hugh Ryan wing, it was papered and painted, many new
amenities were added, and it was described as having a homelike atmosphere. While it was commended in
1907, by 1913, it was deemed inadequate and unsuitable.
THE O
The Hug
primarilyred press
50 studenmany for
St. Michaels in 1892, where Emergency patients were
received until, in 1895, the Hugh Ryan wing opened.
The busy Emergency wardcirca 1915: it received more
than 25 patients a day. For
a short while the two-room,
two-corridor ward wasconsidered well-equipped,until it was forced to move
for a second time.
Arendering of the A-, B-, and C-wings, c1926. Note the ambulance
turning into the proposed new Emergency Ward.
In 1953, the Emergency ward received a major overhaul;one that would serve the public almost unchanged for
30 years
The Emergency department
moved to its current location in
1982, at the corner of Shuter andVictoria Streets. It is a regional
trauma and stroke centre, open
every day, day and night.
In 2018, our tradition of growth and improvement will see the ERmove once again; this time to our new patient tower at the corner of
Victoria and Queen Streets and nearly doubling in size.
In 1913, maternity patientswere moved out of the
maternity ward and back intothe top floor of the Hugh Ryan
wing. By 1928, the C-wing had
been built, and maternity tookover its entire seventh floor and
remained there for almost fourdecades.
Nursery, c1915 Nurses weighing newborns, c1915
C-wing, 7thfloor, c1939
In 1954, Obstetrics expanded into the
seven-storey AS-wing, which ran southalong Bond St. to Queen St. E. One floorof this new wing was dedicated to
postpartum patients, while a 50 bassinette
nursery covered the top-most floor.
In 1964, the F-wing was completed. Post-partum patients were transferred from 6ASto the new Obstetrics department on the fourth floor, which showcased five delivery
rooms (see RIGHT), a C-section room, recovery room, 100 patient beds, and 120
bassinets.
In the 1980s, an effort was made to update the maternity space itself: the clinical lookof labour rooms was softened with wallpaper and comfortable furnishings, and the
labour room became the delivery room as well. St. Michaels continues to offer
patient-centered obstetrical care today.
The Hugh Ry
Operating roo