The Department of Pediatrics is one of the oldest
academic pediatric centres in Canada, with a long history
of excellence in patient care, education and research.
The following pages walk through the creation of the
Department of Pediatrics in 1909, up to the present and the
Department of Pediatrics’ and IWK Health Centre's
continual growth.
The
First Childrens Hospital - 1909
A Physician-in-Chief
is Appointed
The
Izaak Walton Killam Hospital is born
The
IWK Health Centre Today
The Izaak
Walton Killam Hospital is born
A
major landmark in the evolution of the Department of
Pediatrics resulted from the gift of $8 million by
Mrs. Dorothy Johnson Killam toward the construction
of a new pediatric hospital, dedicated to the memory
of her late husband Izaak Walton Killam and to be known
as the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children.
Construction
of this $20 million 325 bed structure began
in 1967 at which time Dr. Richard B. Goldbloom
became Professor and Head of the Department
of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief and
Director of Research at the Izaak Walton
Killam Hospital for Children, which opened
its doors in 1970. Concurrently,
the old Halifax Children's Hospital was demolished. |
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The new
facility included many features that had never existed
previously in the Maritime Provinces, including:
- A
combined inpatient and outpatient psychiatric unit
for children.
- A
10 bed clinical investigation unit fully equipped
for detailed metabolic and endocrine studies.
- A
specialized burn unit. Specially equipped neurosurgery
unit for infants and children.
- A
large referral unit for sick newborns. Greatly expanded
outpatient facilities, designed to eliminate the
traditional clinic atmosphere and to provide greater
privacy and comfort for individual patients.
- A
surgical recovery room and intensive care unit. Specialized
wards for children with respiratory diseases and
infectious diseases.
- A
10 bed observation unit for patients requiring hospital-based
care for less than 24 hrs.
- A
special inpatient area for adolescents.
- A
hearing and speech clinic.
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HALIFAX,
NOVA SCOTIA | CANADA
