Women's College Hospital Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1883 | Woman’s Medical College opens |
| 1911 | Women’s College Hospital and Dispensary opens: a seven-bed hospital where medically trained women could practise medicine. |
| 1947 | Collaborated in the development of the simplified Pap test for detecting early symptoms of cancer, particularly of the cervix. |
| 1948 | Opening of the first Cancer Detection Clinic in Ontario |
| 1963 | WCH became the first hospital in Ontario to use mammography as a diagnostic tool to detect breast cancer. |
| 1971 | WCH partnered with the Tri-Hospital Diabetes Education Centre, Canada’s first comprehensive teaching program in an ambulatory setting for people with diabetes. |
| 1971 | The first Perinatal Intensive Care Unit in Canada opens at WCH. |
| 1973 | Opening of the Bay Centre for Birth Control, the first hospital-supported walk-in clinic. |
| 1976 | Psoriasis Education and Research Centre opens – the first centre in Canada to place emphasis on self-care treatment. |
| 1977 | Henrietta Banting Breast Centre opens – a treatment, education and research centre for breast disease. |
| 1981 | Perinatal Intensive Care Unit was declared the Regional High-Risk Pregnancy Unit - The first of its kind in Canada. |
| 1984 | WCH opens the first regional Sexual Assault Care Centre in Ontario. |
| 1987 | Urgent Care Centre opens – the first of its kind in Ontario. |
| 1987 | Established the Brief Psychotherapy Centre for Women, the first outpatient therapy program in Canada. |
| 1988 | Regional Women’s Health Centre opens. |
| 1988 | WCH delivered the first test-tube quintuplets in Canada. |
| 1991 | Ricky Kanee Schachter Dermatology Centre opens – Centre opens to pursue dermatological research, education and patient care. |
| 1991 | The first colorectal cancer clinic in Toronto was launched by WCH (U of T Jessie Gray Colorectal Clinic) |
| 1994 | Opening of the first multidisciplinary osteoporosis clinic of its kind in Canada. |
| 1995 | WCH was designated a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Women’s Health, the first in the hemisphere. |
| 1996 | Opening of the Environmental Health Clinic, the only one of its kind in Ontario. |
| 1996 | Establishment of Canada’s first cardiac prevention and rehabilitation program designed exclusively for women (Women’s Cardiovascular Health Initiative). |
| 2000 | Creation of www.womenshealthmatters.ca, the first hospital-based consumer health information website for women. |
| 2001 | Response Centre and the 23-Hour Day Unit open. |
| 2002 | Labyrinth opens – Canada's first and only hospital-based labyrinth. |
| 2003 | The first SARS Assessment Clinic in Canada opens (Women’s College ACC). |
| 2006 | WCH became Ontario’s only academic ambulatory hospital with a primary focus on women’s health as it begins operating independently under the Public Hospitals Act. |
| 2008 | Completed Canada’s first breast implant reconstruction in a single stage. |
| 2009 | Opening of the Centre for Headache, Ontario’s only hospital-based headache centre. |
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