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History and Facts about Bridgepoint

Bridgepoint Active Healthcare has a rich and diverse
history. For over a century it has served the health
care needs of the community during some of the most
pressing health care challenges of our time.

In the early 2000s we began to plan for the future of
health care. Planning for our new hospital, becoming a
designated teaching hospital and finally, in 2013
opening the doors to our current facility, which will help
us to achieve our mission of becoming the leader for
the world’s leader in delivering complex care.

We are proud of our 150 years of providing a culture
of compassion and innovation in care. From our
beginning as Canada’s first homeless shelter to
pioneering new standards of clinical care, we thrived
as a result of our ability to respond and lead to
address the changing needs of society.

The brief story of our evolution is shown in the image
below.

Shelter for the Homeless Riverdale Hospital Today
Our doors first opened in In 1963, the Riverdale Hospital opened In the early 2000s Bridgepoint
1860 as the first Toronto 800 beds for people with long-term began to plan for the future of
shelter for the homeless. Just illnesses. Over the next 30 years, it health care. Planning for our
over a decade later, the space
was converted to help contain continued to evolve with the community new hospital, becoming a
the 1869 smallpox epidemic. needs. designated teaching hospital
and finally, in 2013 opening
the doors to our current
Learn more online at: facility.
http://www.bridgepointhealth.ca/e
n/who-we-are/our-history.asp

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