Riverdale Hospital Commemorative Plaque, 2020.
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Resource ID
8238
Access
Open
Address
550 Broadview Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 2N6
Date of Creation
2020
Historical Themes
Health Care, Parks and Natural Heritage, Women's History
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Time Period
1835-1899, 1900-1953, 1954-1998, 1999-today
Caption
Riverdale Hospital Commemorative Plaque, 2020.
Description
For over 150 years, facilities on this site have provided health care to Toronto’s citizens. In 1860, the 100-bed House of Refuge opened on the western portion of the property to shelter and aid the homeless at a time when free health care was uncommon. After nearly a decade, needs shifted and the building became a temporary smallpox hospital during the 1869 epidemic. The hospital continued to treat a range of dangerous infectious diseases such as polio, diphtheria, and scarlet fever, and was renamed the Isolation Hospital. In 1894, the hospital opened a training school for nurses in contagious diseases, the only one of its kind in Canada until 1931. In 1957, it was renamed Riverdale Hospital, and with the decline of epidemics due to vaccinations, it evolved into a hospital for chronic care. The hospital grew to include units for stroke recovery and palliative care. In 1995, it became one of Ontario’s first hospitals to focus on continuing care for HIV/AIDS patients. Riverdale Hospital grew again in 2002, becoming Bridgepoint Hospital.
Marker lat / long: 43.667227, -79.353505 (WGS84)