Key Facts & Figures
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WHO WE ARE
The Scarborough Hospital (TSH), Canada’s largest urban community hospital, delivers innovative, high quality patient care, advocates for our community’s health and wellness issues, and is a leader in research, teaching and learning. Serving a community of close to one million people or approximately one-third of the GTA, TSH has more than 3,400 staff, more than 700 physicians, and 600 volunteers.
 
WHAT WE DO
The Scarborough Hospital provides a diverse range of services across eight patient care areas:

    •    Cardio-Respiratory & Critical Care
    •    Medicine & Specialized Geriatrics
    •    Emergency & Urgent Care
    •    Family Medicine & Community
Services
    •    Maternal Newborn & Child Care Medicine
    •    Mental Health Services
    •    Nephrology & Dialysis
    •    Surgery, Orthopedics & Rehabilitation

TSH FAST FACTS

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2009/10 Budgeted Beds
Medical 266
Surgical 134
Paediatric 14
ICU/CCU 32
Obstetric 44
Mental Health 50
Rehab 16
Total 556
   
Surgeries
2008/09 43,487
2007/08 43,014
2006/07 46,308
   
Emergency Room Visits
 2008/09  95,940
 2007/08  97,047
 2006/07  95,879
   
Outpatient Visits** 
 2008/09  400,367
 2007/08  411,281
 2006/07  395,980
   
Number of Employees by Status 
 FT  1,931
 PT  1,171
Casual
 321
 Total 3,423
   
Number of Physicians by Status 
 Active  356
 Associate  27
 Courtesy  347
 Honourary  3
 Total  733

PAC-10 Weighted Cases*
  General Birchmount
Total
2008/09 21,611.4 12,808.7
34,420.1
2007/08 21,294.9 13,480.0
34,774.9
2006/07  21,630.0 12,942.7
34,572.7
Inpatient Admission*

General Birchmount
Total
2008/09 18,280 13,188
31,468
2007/08  18,201 13,798
31,999
2006/07  18,652 12,952
31,604
Patient Days*

General Birchmount
Total
2008/09  103,836 62,640
166,476
2007/08  101,602  68,323
169,925
2006/07 102,536 67,089
169,625
Births

General Birchmount Total
2008/09 2,787 2,496 
5,283
2007/08 2,920 2,727 5,647
2006/07 3,018 2,517 5,535

* Numbers represent Total Acute Volume. PDST website also has available Adjusted Acute Volume numbers which exclude newborns and non-residents.

** Includes Emergency, Day/Night and Clinic Face-to-Face In House Visits.