{"id":86036,"date":"2024-12-11T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?p=86036"},"modified":"2025-01-08T10:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:02:30","slug":"celebrating-100-years-of-the-civic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/healthy-tomorrows\/celebrating-100-years-of-the-civic\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 100 years of the Civic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The year is 1924. The people of Ottawa are emerging from a devasting global pandemic and looking to the health-care sector for support as they rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This situation, not entirely unlike where we find ourselves today in 2024, led to the founding of The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s Civic Campus, which first opened its iconic hand-carved wooden doors to the public on Nov. 27, 1924.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 100 years that followed, the Civic has served as a pillar of health care in Eastern Ontario and helped lay the foundation for a century of medical advances in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week marks the Civic\u2019s 100<sup>th<\/sup> birthday, as well as 100 incredible years of reshaping the future of health care and creating a better tomorrow, together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how The Ottawa Hospital has celebrated its favourite centenarian all year round:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">100 years, 100 moments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Civic is the site of many significant health-care milestones and major events in our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To try to capture a fraction of this impressive track record, The Ottawa Hospital spent the past year sharing 100 unique moments from the Civic\u2019s 100-year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, did you know that the Civic has served as the birthplace of both <a>a <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LYGpcouI3QM\">prime minister<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UPyxwmTkuGI\">princess<\/a>? Or that the Civic is the site of several impressive firsts, including Ottawa\u2019s first successful kidney transplant in 1966 and Ottawa\u2019s first heart transplant in 1984, in addition to being one of the first hospitals in the world to successfully treat a patient with blood clots in 1994?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn about all these stories and more, check out The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ohfoundation.ca\/100moments\/\">100 Moments website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Illustrating one of Ottawa\u2019s most iconic buildings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of providing world-class health care, the Civic is an Ottawa landmark situated along one of the city\u2019s busiest arteries, its red-bricked facade\u00a0a familiar sight to the thousands of people walking, biking and commuting along Carling Avenue each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ottawa Hospital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/healthy-tomorrows\/ottawa-hospital-civic-campus\/\">enlisted local artist Colin White<\/a> to capture the architectural beauty and historical significance of this beloved building through his artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Colin White Illustrates One of Ottawa&#039;s Most Iconic Buildings\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xvu0FalnonA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>The Civic in 2024: Still serving the community<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As the adult-care trauma centre for Eastern Ontario, Outaouais and eastern Nunavut, the Civic is far from slowing down in its old age!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a sneak peek behind the scenes at one of the city\u2019s busiest hospitals, The Ottawa Hospital spoke to Fred Kendall, Capital Projects Manager and one of the Civic\u2019s longest-serving caretakers. Take a few minutes to hear from the person who knows this building best \u2014 right down to its bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"What\u2019s it like to care for a 100-year-old building? Just ask Fred.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ik3wG9Pphh0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking to the future<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As Ottawa celebrates 100 years of the Civic Campus, The Ottawa Hospital is busy planning for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a few blocks from the Civic down Carling Ave., a new campus is currently under construction, which will be home to one of the most modern, technologically advanced and accessible hospitals in the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a continued focus on patient experience, The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s new campus will have private rooms for all in-patients, an advanced trauma centre, a larger and more efficient emergency department, state-of-the-art operating rooms, specialty services and outpatient programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most importantly, this new campus will build on and enhance the Civic\u2019s rich legacy of care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s Civic Campus turns 100 this week! 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