An enormous crowd gathers on October 8, 1934, at the main doors of the Jewish General Hospital for the inauguration ceremony. An enormous crowd gathers on October 8, 1934, at the main doors of the Jewish General Hospital for the inauguration ceremony. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
90th anniversaryOctober 2024

90th anniversary flashback: The Jewish General Hospital is inaugurated

Henry Mietkiewicz — October 7, 2024
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On October 8, 1934, Lord Bessborough, the Governor General of Canada, opened the JGH at a ceremony that was widely covered by the French and English press.

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Cover and agenda page from the commemorative program booklet that was distributed at the ceremony to open the JGH on October 8, 1934.
85th Anniversary - ArchivesApril 2019

From the archives: A witness to history recalls the realization of a dream

Henry Mietkiewicz — April 24, 2019
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JGH News marked the hospital’s 75th anniversary by publishing the reminiscences of Bernard J. Finestone, a Past President of the hospital, about the opening ceremony in 1934.

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