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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, December 15, 2016 | 6 Spotlight Haltorv Healthcare OAKVILLE TRAFALGAR M E M O R IA L HOSPITAL "Connected to yo u r Community" 1s West Entrance 1s Parking Garage -> East Entrance The new Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) officially opened Dec. 1 3 ,2 0 1 5 , as the former hospital at 3 2 7 Reynolds St. simultaneously closed its doors. The transition, which was highly practised, went off without incident. While a sign on the property let people know the opening date, the actual opening of the new hospital and Emergency department was smooth a s patients were transferred throughout the first day and a s Emergency opened. | Metroland hie photos New Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital open a year by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff ment. The new hospital opened its doors last year on Dec. 13 at 3001 Hospital Gate and has been busy ever since, conducting more than 28,000 ultra sounds, 12,000 MRI scans, 16,000 CT scans, admitting 8,000 patients and delivering about 2,300 babies. Those milestones and more were celebrated with a special birthday party held in the OTMH John Oliver Auditorium Tuesday (Dec. 13). The community gathered to mark the occasion by singing Happy Birthday while the OTMH senior leadership team handed out cupcakes. Walking through the halls of the hospital on O ver the last year, almost 70,000 people visited Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospitals (OTMH) Emergency Depart Denise Hardenne | Graham Paine/Metroland her way to her office the day before, Halton Healthcare President and CEO Denise Hardenne told the Oakville Beaver she can hardly believe how quickly time has passed since the milestone move to the $2.7-billion state-of-the-art facility. After all, it was only a year ago it closed the historic legacy site on Reynolds Street as staff, patients and volunteers made their way to the newly opened OTMH at Third Line at Dundas Street, bright and early at 6 a.m. see Other on p.7 Oakvile Bearer Volume 54 | Number 100 JL Defending principles to inspire public trust O n t a r i o P re s s C o u n c il Oakville Beaver is a member of the Ontario Press Council, The council is located at 80 Gould St,, Suite 206,Toronto, Ont., M5B 2M7, Phone (416) 340-1981, Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, th a t portion of advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid fo r at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorize advertisements or decline. Editorial and advertising content of the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. 5046 Mainway, Unit 2, Burlington (905) 845-3824 NEIL OLIVER Vice -President and Group Publisher KELLY MONTAGUE Regional General Manager DANIEL BAIRD Director ofAdvertising ANGELA BLACKBURN M anaging Editor ·* metrolandmedia · * Connected to your community® Editorial Department (905) 845-3824 Advertising Department (905) 845-3824 Classified Advertising (905) 632-4440 Circulation: 5300 Harvester Rd., Burlington (905) 631-6095