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32 Q^elelMtuuf OTMH THE OAKVILLE BEAVER wmmtMH Friday. September 15, 2000 50pf ^{fjonmuiulif 1950-2000 The year 2000 marks a half-century o f operation o f the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital on Reynolds Street, now part o f Halto n Healthcare Services. In celebration o f this golden anniversary, a brief history will be presented in the pages o f the Oakville Beaver throughout the year. We hope you enjoy this overview o f your hospital' s development and the times in which it happened. Project Renewal, Buddha The Late 80 s "Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care." (563? - 483? BC) Indian Philosopher and founder o f Buddhism cience and technology kept a rapid pace in the late 1980s. U.S. surgeons im planted the first plutonium-powered pacemaker; Stephen Hawking published A B rie f History o f Time, the first transatlantic fibre optic telephone cable began service; Pluto was confirmed to have an atmosphere; the U.S. B-2 Stealth Bomber was unveiled; and an Internet com puter virus, designed by a U.S. student, jammed over 6,000 military computers across the U.S. y che late 1980s, O TM H was still waiting for approval of Phase Two and Three o f the 'f 'f j t j - redevelopment project. While they waited, a vigorous self-evaluation, Project Renewal researched better ways to communicate, establish hospital and management philosophies, and set realistic yet challenging goals. For eighteen months, representatives from the Staff, Board of Governors, Medical Staff and Auxiliary were involved in a close examination and re-organization of the mission statement, communication network and philosophies. Project Renewal was an ambitious program. It involved hundreds of people and proved to be very successful in refocusing the Hospitals direction. KanefF presents a cheque to OTMH for the Building Fund, 1988. Left-Right are: Ken Harrigan, President o f Ford; Bill Perras, Mayor, Sandy Milligan, OTMH Board Chair; Iggy KanefF and ?. y°u know 7 6 667 this person?) F.S. (Sandy) Milligan, OTMH Board Chair, 1987 - 1990 In 1899, a new Heliport opened on the Ford property. Left-Right: Ann Mulvale, Mayor; Dr. John Crosby, Chief o f Emergency Services; Mr. Ken Harrigan, President o f Ford. /A T M H 's Annual Report for 1989-90 stated; "Today, O T M H is one of the largest employers in Oakville, w ith an annual operating budget in excess o f $50 million. The priorities of service have been and will remain emergency care, urgent care and elective care. (A sidenote: our Emergency Department presendy treats more than 50,000 individual cases a year - more than some large urban hospitals!). The reputations o f our Town and our Hospital have consistently attracted highly-skilled professional staff and a dedicated auxiliary - we need both; we must encourage them. Underpinning all these changes will be a continuing need for upgrading funding once our physical expansion is complete. This is a challenge the Town met for the expansion itself and can meet again as new families and companies join us, and service clubs and other organizations carry on with commitments to community service through health care support. O TM H intends to be in the forefront of planning and managing this New Generation of Community Health Care... and looks forward to the bedrock sup port o f the Hospital Association, for the inspired venture called Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital." ( Seen here in 1989, Diane Faist (right), Administrative Assistant at OTMH, and a Tim Horton's employee take part in C upful o f Care, a fundraising day for OTMH in support o f the Building Fund Campaign. The Times 1988 and 1989 · Canada and the U.S. sign a comprehensive free-trade agreement. (1988) · McDonald's opens twenty restaurants in Moscow. (1988) · Picasso's Acrobat and Young H arlequin is auctioned in London for $38 million. (1988) · Mysterious "crop circles" appear in U.K. cornfields. (1989) Santa delights a young patient, 1989. Each year, at Christmas Santa finds the time to visit all the children staying · Italian carmaker, Enzo Ferrari (b 1898) dies. (1988) · Toshiba produces the first commercial samples o f 4-megabit DRAM computer chip. (1989) · Academy Award for best picture o f 1988, Rain M an. (1989) ,, otm h . H a lto n H e a lth c a re » E * R · V * I · C * E * ! Caring Today, Growing fo r Tomorrow Coming Next: Breaking N ew Ground[ Into the 1990s W hile every effort is made to assure the accuracy o f information contained herein, and that people are acknowledged for their contributions, due to the nature o f the material available, we regret if there are any errors or om issions.