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Victoria
Hospital for Sick Children |
The Historic Victoria Hospital for Sick Children is
located on the south-east corner of College and Elizabeth Streets just steps west of Bay
Street. It was designed by the architectural firm of Darling and Curry
and built of red sandstone. The Victoria Hospital for Sick Children opened in
May 1892, the first hospital in Canada designed exclusively for paediatrics. Through the
generosity of its benefactor, John Ross Robertson, the hospital incorporated the most
innovative techniques available, such as x-rays in 1896 and a milk pasteurization plant in
1909. The Hospital for Sick Children vacated the building in 1951. Since 1993
it has housed the Canadian Red Cross Regional Blood Centre.  |
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