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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, as the practice of medicine underwent revolutionary changes in the 19th century, more and more people came...
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, a Queen's Medical College professor and attending physician for the hospital had been requesting...
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 15-year building plan was developed to include: a service building for dietary...
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 development of nursing as a profession helped improve health care in the nineteenth century.
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 Neoclassical building, located on six acres of land just outside of town. The front and...
In 1925 KGH saw the addition of two new buildings - Richardson Labs and the Douglas Wing which opened in October of that year. The new building to house Pathology was named the Douglas wing in honour of Dr. James Douglas, the Chancellor of Queen's...
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 man and a life governor of the hospital, who donated $4,000 to pay for the entire cost of the new...
