1926 - 1950
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1932
Ontario Institute of Radio Therapy (Kingston Division) - 1932
In 1932 Kingston was selected by the Provincial Health Ministry to be one of three Ontario sites for a radio therapy institute for the diagnosis... -
1927
Further expansion and renovations - 1927
The Laundry building was added to the grounds near the Isolation hospital and power plant in 1927. Major renovations were also undertaken on the Main...
1900 - 1925
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1925
Two new buildings added to KGH - 1925
In 1925 KGH saw the addition of two new buildings - Richardson Labs and the Douglas Wing which opened in October of that year. The... -
1921
Hospital expansion - 1921
As two of the priorities of the 15-year plan, the Central Heating Plant was completed in 1921 and a City-funded but hospital-run isolation hospital building... -
1917
The Fifteen Year Plan - 1917
In 1917, Dr. James Douglas, Chancellor of Queen's University, donated $100,000 towards a fund for the redevelopment of KGH’s teaching and research facilities. An ambitious... -
1914
The Empire Wing - 1914
Before the late 19th century, only those who could not afford to be cared for in their homes sought charitable medical care in hospitals; but,... -
1912
An early fundraising event - 1912
The KGH Women's Aid was founded in 1906 and within one year had 110 members. They held their first fundraising event, "Made in Canada", in... -
1906
Nursing school graduations - 1906
In 1905 the hospital's School of Nursing graduated 15 nurses with 14 more graduating in 1906. By the turn of the century, nursing school graduations... -
1904
A dedicated Nurses' Home is built - 1904
In the late 1880's the KGH nurses-in-training were originally given accommodation in the Watkins Wing, but the expansion of the program quickly necessitated new quarters... -
1901
Modernization of the Main building - 1901
In 1901, the hospital had its first elevator installed in the Main building.
1876 - 1899
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1899
Celebrating the reopening of the Watkins wing - 1899
To celebrate the rebuilding and reopening of the Watkins wing in 1899 the board hired a photographer. While taking exterior shots for the hospital’s annual... -
1897
Hospital faces a devastating fire - 1897
On the morning of Christmas Eve in 1897, fire broke out in the St. George’s Ward of the Watkins wing. One of the orderlies, preparing... -
1896
The arrival of X-ray technology - 1896
X-rays first made their appearance in Kingston on February 17, 1896, when the Weekly Whig reported that Captain John Bray Cochrane (1860-1946), Professor of Physics... -
1895
The Fenwick Operating Theatre - 1895
Formally opened in October 1895, the Fenwick Operating Theatre was added to the main hospital building and cost $4,000 to build. Dr. Kenneth N. Fenwick,... -
1892
Construction of a Women and Children’s Hospital - 1892
In 1892 the hospital publishes its first newsletter containing an appeal to the community for funds to construct a women’s hospital, laundry and surgical theatre... -
1891
Nickle wing - 1891
The Nickle wing opened in April 1891. It was named after William Nickle, a local businessman, who died in 1890 and left $10,000 in his... -
1890
Hospital Sundays - 1890
1890 was the starting year for Kingston’s churches to hold annual "Hospital Sundays" whereby churchgoers were asked to donate funds to the hospital. This tradition... -
1886
KGH School of Nursing - 1886
By the 1880’s antiseptic practices had been adopted and the surgical field was expanding. As medical care became more specialized and complex, its practitioners began...
1851 - 1875
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1863
Watkins wing opens - 1863
The Watkins wing opened in January 1863 to treat 36 patients including those afflicted with smallpox. It was named after John Watkins, a local business... -
1854
The hospital's affiliation with Queen's begins - 1854
A medical faculty was established by Queen’s College in 1854 with a close relationship to the hospital. Improved standards in the medical profession and the...
1826 - 1850
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1845
Seasonal hospital - 1845
In 1845 the building returned to its original purpose and began seasonal operation as a hospital. A housekeeper-nurse had one helper, the Female Benevolent Society... -
1841
Canada's first Parliamentary building - 1841
On June 14, 1841 the first meeting of the Parliament of the Province of Canada was held in the Kingston Hospital Building (what is now... -
1838
Battle of the Windmill - 1838
In November of 1838 the hospital cared for its first patients: 20 wounded American soldiers taken prisoner in the Battle of the Windmill near Prescott... -
1835
The Main - 1835
In 1835, the original building was completed and became known as the Main. Designed by architect Thomas Rogers, the hospital building was a three-storey limestone... -
1832
Hospital commissioners purchase land - 1832
In 1832, an Act of Parliament named a commission to "superintend and manage the erection and completion of a hospital in or near the town... -
1831
Kingston citizen's consider building a public hospital - 1831
In 1831, spurred by epidemics of malaria and cholera in the late 1820s and early 1830s, which saw the Female Benevolent Society run off its...
1800 - 1825
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1812
Early beginnings - 1812
As the population of Kingston grew rapidly after the War of 1812, physicians expressed concern that greater care be given to the sick poor. A...