Queen Mary Hospital

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted March, 2004

Here, in a patch of green, at the south end of the West Park Healthcare Centre's visitors' parking lot at the west end of Buttonwood Drive is an Ontario Heritage Trust plaque. Here's what it says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.6881 -79.507967

The first sanatorium in the world devoted exclusively to the treatment of children with tuberculosis, Queen Mary Hospital was opened in 1913. It formed part of a complex with the Toronto Hospital for Consumptives, which had been established in 1904, and continued that institution's pioneering programs in the care of children. In 1923 its services were expanded with the addition of a new wing and the opening of a school under the supervision of the Toronto Board of Education. The incidence of tuberculosis decreased during the following decades, fewer patients and declining use finally leading to closure of the hospital in 1970. Four years later the building was demolished and West Park Hospital, a chronic care and rehabilitation centre, was erected on this site.

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Posted November 29, 2011
Hello, I was a patient from fall of 1968 to January 1969 at Queen Mary's. I was roomate with two french girls from Penetanguishene and an italian girl about 11yrs. old. The inuits were at the other end. There some memories there I saw that affected one patient very much so. I am from Moosonee,Ontario. The staff were very kind and some were somewhat elderly as that was about 40 yrs. ago. Does anyone have any pictures of the hospital and its patients. I do hope there is someone out there that I can communicate with about the old days. thanking in advance.

Posted May 15, 2011
I was a patient in Queen Mary's in 1967 when I was 8 years old. I would love to connect to anyone else who was there. tleon456@hotmail.com Teresa

Posted March 15, 2009
I was in Queen Mary's hospital in 1965 with a bunch of other Inuit...I wanted to see the old picture of it before it was taken out. Do you have the old picture? There was a circle of road, I remember, I was only 6 years old... My e-mail is: takpannie2498@rogers.com My name is Kunnuk E7-1615 but now I am Kunnuk Takpannie orginally from Apex Hill in Iqaluit...but I live in Ottawa. I need the address I want to go and see it....

Posted September 12, 2008
is there a 15 weston road ?

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