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1978-1992 (Creation)
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- Women's College Hospital. Department of Emergency Medicine
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15 cm of textual records
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The Department of Emergency Medicine of Women's College Hospital was officially established in 1981.
Prior to the formation of the Department, patients received emergency care in the hospital's Outpatient Department, which was staffed by members of the Department of General Practice. In 1969, Dr. Yvonne de Buda laid the groundwork to establish a separate Emergency Department due to the high volume of emergency cases. This Department became fully operational in 1971.
In 1981, the Emergency Department External Review Committee recommended that the existing Emergency Department fall under the direction of a distinct organisational entity that would be staffed by full-time physicians and a Chief. In July 1981, the Department of Emergency Medicine was established and Dr. John W. Letts was appointed Chief of Emergency Medicine (1981-1993).
In 1987, the Urgent Care Centre officially opened, replacing the Emergency Department. In 1993, the Department of Emergency Medicine was dissolved.
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The fonds contains the records of the Department of Emergency Medicine of Women's College Hospital from 1978 to 1992. The fonds consists of minutes, reports, departmental manuals, correspondence, and a departmental review. The records document the development of the Department of Emergency Medicine and the transition from an Emergency Department to an Urgent Care Centre.
The fonds is arranged into four series.
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