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
Click here to download a PDF of our Key Facts and Figures.
| 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* |
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| 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* |
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| 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 |
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| 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.