Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

This article is about CHEO. For other similarly named hospitals, see Children's Hospital (disambiguation).
"CHEO" redirects here. For other uses, see Cheo (disambiguation).
CHEO
The main entrance to CHEO
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is located in Ottawa
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Location in Ottawa
Geography
LocationOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates45°24′04″N 75°39′05″W / 45.40111°N 75.65139°W / 45.40111; -75.65139
Organization
Care systemMedicare, OHIP
FundingPublic hospital
TypePediatric, teaching, specialist, research
Affiliated universityUniversity of Ottawa
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I Trauma Center
Beds167
HelipadTC LID: CPK7
History
Opened1974
Links
Websitewww.cheo.on.ca
ListsHospitals in Canada

CHEO is a pediatric health-care and research centre located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. CHEO is also a tertiary trauma centre for children in Eastern Ontario, Nunavut, Northern Ontario and the Outaouais region of Quebec and one of only seven Level I trauma centres for children in Canada (others being The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, the Montreal Children's Hospital in Montreal, the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine in Montreal, IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, and BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver). It is affiliated with The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, and is funded by the provincial Government of Ontario. CHEO first opened its doors on May 17, 1974, and is located at 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario.

CHEO includes a hospital, children's treatment centre, school and research institute, with satellite services located throughout Eastern Ontario. CHEO provides complex pediatric care, research and education. CHEO is a founding member of Kids Health Alliance, a network of partners.

In addition to its clinical mandate, CHEO is an academic health science centre. Each year, it provides education to 2,300 future pediatricians, nurses, and other health professionals.

Funding

CHEO is funded by the provincial government of Ontario as well as by a variety of public donations. One of the hospital's major sources of funding is the CHEO Foundation, which was incorporated in 1974.

Hospital characteristics (2019-2020)

  • Services:[1]
    • 6,623 admissions to CHEO
    • 73,645 emergency department visits
    • 7,783 visits to Surgical Day Care
    • 179,394 ambulatory visits
    • 11,319 visits to Medical Day Unit (i.e. oncology, dialysis, hematology, etc.)
  • Facility (2019–2020):[1]
    • 167 inpatient beds
    • 20 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
    • 10 Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
    • 112 Pediatrics, Oncology, Adolescent Medicine and Surgery
    • 25 Psychiatry
    • 73 outpatient specialty clinics
  • Research Institute[1]
    • 73,800 sq feet of research space
    • 676 staff and trainees
    • 299 scientists and clinical investigators
    • 780 active research grants
    • 634 active studies recruiting patients
    • 546 publications
    • 73,283 patients & families involved in research
  • Personnel:[1]
    • 1,856 administrative, service and allied health staff
    • 679 nursing staff
    • 318 physicians
    • 700 volunteers

Timeline

The back of the CHEO building

CHEO was formed in 1974 due to the efforts of the community requesting a bilingual healthcare centre for children and the approval by the provincial government. The timeline indicates the year major areas of the hospital were established.[2]

1974 - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is opened to patients.
1975 - Pediatric Neurosurgery Program
1977 - Dental Clinic
1980 - Burn Treatment Centre
1981 - Sports Injury Clinic, Pulmonary Function Lab, Poison Information Centre
The emergency entrance to Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario
1983 - CTV Telethon is formed
1984 - Research Institute
1985 - Community volunteers build a Child Activity Centre
1988 - The first two bone marrow transplants in Canada using unrelated HLA compatible donors are performed at CHEO.
1989 - Neonatal Transport Team
1991 - Cardiovascular Surgery Program
1992 - Heliport is built
1996 - Youthnet/Réseau Ado, a mental health promotion program for youth
2001 - First phase of redevelopment project begins, the Telehealth program is formed
2003 - Max Keeping Wing opens
2004 - Apoptosis Research Centre
A helicopter landing at CHEO
2005 - New state-of-the-art cauterization laboratory
2006 - Lets Keep Kids Out Of The Hospital campaign, surgery virtual tour is created, Child Life Interactive Computers for Kids (CLICK) is introduced, Ontario's Newborn Screening Program begins, and Roger's House, a hospice for palliative pediatric care is opened
2007 - First Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR) in Ontario, eating disorders program is introduced
2008 - Parental Presence at Induction (PPI) is introduced, allowing parents to be with their children before and after surgery
2009 - Garry Cardiff Wing is opened, houses the emergency department, the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units and the medical day unit for children and youth afflicted with serious illnesses requiring outpatient treatments.
2009 - CHEO opens their off-site Centre for Healthy Active Living, with clinics focused on Obesity and Type II Diabetes
2019 - The Children's Hospital rebranded with the name CHEO which no longer served as an abbreviation

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "CHEO Website: Facts and Figures". Archived from the original on 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  2. ^ "CHEO: Significant Milestones". Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-02-16.