90th anniversary flashback: The Jewish General Hospital is inaugurated
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.
From the archives: First patient admitted to the hospital
On October 15, 1934, one week after the JGH officially opened, Dr. A. O. Freedman admitted the first patient to the hospital.