Toronto General Hospital

The hospital started as a small shed in the old town and was used as a British Army military hospital during the War of 1812, after which it was founded as a permanent institutionYork General Hospitalin 1829, at John and King Streets (now home to Bell Lightbox). In 1855 a new home for the hospital was built on the north side of Gerrard Street, east of Parliament, using a design by architect William Hay. In 1913, the hospital moved to College Street, near its current location, expanding and upgrading over the ensuing years. The 1913 structure, previously called the College Wing, was eventually sold by the hospital, to become the home of the MaRS Discovery District after a new wing for the TGH was completed and opened in 2002. ==Ajmera Transplant Centre==

Toronto General Hospital was the largest organ transplantation center in North America in 2017, performing 639 transplants in total. • Lung - TGH performed 167 lung transplants, making it the largest lung transplant program in the world. • Liver - TGH performed 195 liver Transplants with 39 of those living donor transplants in 2017 making the program the largest in North America. • Kidney - TGH performed 202 kidney transplants, 65 of those were living donor transplants, making the program the largest in Canada • Heart - TGH performed 34 heart transplants in 2017, making the program the largest in Canada • Pancreas - TGH performed 8 pancreas transplants in 2018, making the program the largest in Canada. • Kidney-Pancreas - TGH performed 34 kidney-pancreas transplants in 2017, making the program the largest in Canada. • Small Bowel - TGH performed 1 small bowel transplant in 2018. ==Peter Munk Cardiac Centre==

Toronto General Hospital is the home of the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC), which is one of the largest open heart centers in Canada and is ranked first in Canada and in the top ten in North America for academic productivity. Many clinical firsts in cardiovascular care were performed at TGH. The center is named after Peter Munk, the founder and chairman of Barrick Gold corporation, who donated $100 million in 2017, the largest donation to a hospital in Canadian history, at the time. He donated a total of $175 million since 1993 to the hospital. ==Research==

Toronto General Hospital has had many research achievements, including: • The development and first clinical use of insulin in the treatment of diabetes – 1922 • World's first clinical use of the anticoagulant heparin – 1935 • World's first coronary care unit – 1965 • Canada's first hand transplant – 2016 ==See also==