CHEO is a pediatric health-care and research centre located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. CHEO is also a tertiary trauma centre for children in Eastern Ontario, Nunavut, Northern Ontario and the Outaouais region of Quebec and one of only seven Level I trauma centres for children in Canada (others being The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, the Montreal Children's Hospital in Montreal, the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine in Montreal, IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, and BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver). It is affiliated with The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, and is funded by the provincial Government of Ontario. CHEO first opened its doors on May 17, 1974, and is located at 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario.

CHEO
The main entrance to CHEO
Location in Ottawa
Geography
Location	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	45°24′04″N 75°39′05″W
Organization
Care system	Public Medicare (Canada)
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Pediatric, teaching, specialist, research
Affiliated university	University of Ottawa
Services
Emergency department	Level I Trauma Center
Beds	167
Helipad	TC LID: CPK7
History
Opened	1974
Links
Website	www.cheo.on.ca
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

CHEO includes a hospital, children's treatment centre, school and research institute, with satellite services located throughout Eastern Ontario. CHEO provides complex pediatric care, research and education. CHEO is a founding member of Kids Health Alliance, a network of partners.

In addition to its clinical mandate, CHEO is an academic health science centre. Each year, it provides education to 2,300 future pediatricians, nurses, and other health professionals.

Funding

CHEO is funded by the provincial government of Ontario as well as by a variety of public donations. One of the hospital's major sources of funding is the CHEO Foundation, which was incorporated in 1974.

Hospital characteristics (2019-2020)

• Services:[1]
  • 6,623 admissions to CHEO
  • 73,645 emergency department visits
  • 7,783 visits to Surgical Day Care
  • 179,394 ambulatory visits
  • 11,319 visits to Medical Day Unit (i.e. oncology, dialysis, hematology, etc.)
• Facility (2019–2020):[1]
  • 167 inpatient beds
  • 20 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
  • 10 Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
  • 112 Pediatrics, Oncology, Adolescent Medicine and Surgery
  • 25 Psychiatry
  • 73 outpatient specialty clinics
• Research Institute[1]
  • 73,800 sq feet of research space
  • 676 staff and trainees
  • 299 scientists and clinical investigators
  • 780 active research grants
  • 634 active studies recruiting patients
  • 546 publications
  • 73,283 patients & families involved in research
• Personnel:[1]
  • 1,856 administrative, service and allied health staff
  • 679 nursing staff
  • 318 physicians
  • 700 volunteers

Timeline

CHEO was formed in 1974 due to the efforts of the community requesting a bilingual healthcare centre for children and the approval by the provincial government. The timeline indicates the year major areas of the hospital were established.[2]

1974 - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is opened to patients.

1975 - Pediatric Neurosurgery Program

1977 - Dental Clinic

1980 - Burn Treatment Centre

1981 - Sports Injury Clinic, Pulmonary Function Lab, Poison Information Centre

1983 - CTV Telethon is formed

1984 - Research Institute

1985 - Community volunteers build a Child Activity Centre

1988 - The first two bone marrow transplants in Canada using unrelated HLA compatible donors are performed at CHEO.

1989 - Neonatal Transport Team

1991 - Cardiovascular Surgery Program

1992 - Heliport is built

1996 - Youthnet/Réseau Ado, a mental health promotion program for youth

2001 - First phase of redevelopment project begins, the Telehealth program is formed

2003 - Max keeping Wing opens

2004 - Apoptosis Research Centre

2005 - New state-of-the-art cauterization laboratory

2006 - Lets Keep Kids Out Of The Hospital campaign, surgery virtual tour is created, Child Life Interactive Computers for Kids (CLICK) is introduced, Ontario's Newborn Screening Program begins, and Roger's House, a hospice for palliative pediatric care is opened

2007 - First Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR) in Ontario, eating disorders program is introduced

2008 - Parental Presence at Induction (PPI) is introduced, allowing parents to be with their children before and after surgery

2009 - Garry Cardiff Wing is opened, houses the emergency department, the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units and the medical day unit for children and youth afflicted with serious illnesses requiring outpatient treatments.

2009 - CHEO opens their off-site Centre for Healthy Active Living, with clinics focused on Obesity and Type II Diabetes

2019 - The Children's Hospital rebranded with the name CHEO which no longer served as an abbreviation

See also

• List of children's hospitals

References