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As a result there have been quite a few people who have struck up lasting friendships while having their operations. At the same time, the hos- pital gets very few complaints from patients who are unhappy with their room mates. Where patients aren’t accom- panied by their spouses. they are matched so they have job or other interests in common. in the same room'while having hernia operations at the same time. At Shouldice Hospital a hus- band and wife can, and do, stay The hospital has five operat- ing rooms, enough for a 300 bed general hospital. There is a self-contained laundry and cen- Husband, Wife Can Go For Surgery Together All the rooms have windows opening on a park-like View. This is a unique opportunity provided by the site. The vinyl grass cloth on the walls is easily maintained and enhances the domestic atmos- phel‘e. The patient rooms re- mind one of a modem motel, as do the sitting rooms and din- ing room. The club-like interior atmos- phere was maintained by the use of appropriate materials. The new building is carpeted throughout, except for the op- erating rooms, kitchen and util- ity areas. The new hospital’s corridors resemble those of a fine hotel. Bending the building eliminated the long monotonous austere corridors normally seen in hos- pitals. Widened corridor sec- tions at room entrances break up the space and allowed for increased traffic at such points. “We didn't want the original outer design appeal to be lost. The new construction is not identical in style. but we have used readily identifiable resi- dential materials in the siding and shingles." "We were concerned we might lose this in the setting provided by the new building. But we followed the guidelines and we think we have achieved our objective. This is aside from including in the building the basic requirements of a fully modern hospital,” says the architect. ‘ The site was already very park-like. It was further en- hanced by the mounds and rol- ling hills that have been added. These serve the double purpose of providing both a visual and sound barrier between the hos- pital and the traffic on Bay- view Avenue. “We didn't want to upstage the house. We set the new building back from the front line of the original building. To minimize its bulk in relation to the fine old house. the new construction turns back and wraps around the pond." says Mr. Jackson. In considering design, it was noted that Shouldice Hospital was now more identified with tl.e lovely 1937 Thomhill estate than with the original Church Street site. One of the primary considerâ€" ations asked. says Mr. Jackson, was that we must maintain the informal and club-like atmos- phere. It was of first import- ance to have an atmosphere in which the same sort of fratern- al feeling could be maintained, as had been established by the founder. Planning for the new Should- lce Hospital started in 1965 when the late Dr. Earle Should- ice met with architect Donald Jackson of Thomhill, partner in the Toronto firm of Jackson, Ypes and Associates, architects and engingeers. Architect Began Planning In I965 Shown is one of the five climate-controlled operating rooms equipped with new concept stalactite unit which supplies suction, oxygen and nitrous oxide. The operating room suite at Shouldice Hospital is designed so that each patient can be centrally monitored. Five Clima tea-Controlled Opera ting Rooms The operating rooms are all equipped with oxygen, nitrous oxide and vacuum. These stem from a stalactice type installa- tion that hangs from the ceiling and which is the modern type of nerve centre for operating room communications, says architect Jackson. The head operating room nurse can check the conditions of heat and humidity in all the operating rooms from her cent- ral desk. There is provision for cent-ral- monitoring, of ' patients in all the operating rooms in future. tral supply Soon after his operation, this Shouldice Hos- pital patient “gets going” on the exer-cycle. This is one of the several forms of active recreation pro- vided at the hospital, including 9. putting green, billiards and shuffleboard. SHOULDICE HOSPITAL We Extend Sincere Best Wishes 0 BEDROOMS Associated Innkeepers 0 DINING AND BEDROOM CHAIRS 0 BEDROOM AND LOUNGE CARPETS and are pleased to have contributed to the decor After SUPPLY COMPANY 140 KENDAL AVE, TORONTO to the new 0 LOUNGE DRAPES There is an emergency gen- erator for the operating rooms, elevators and other essential equipment in case of pOWer failure. The operating rooms have conductive floors. This elimin- ates the chance of static electric sparks where operating room gases are used. The new hospital has two pa- tient floors, with 44 beds per floor. One room, adjacent to a nursing station, is Â¥equipped with‘vsuction and oxygen for in- tensive care. Continuous obser- vation of the patient in this [ Mr. Jackson, a partner in the 1firm of Jackson, Ypes and As- sociates. is a resident of Thornâ€" hill. This firm of architects and engineers also designed the North York Branson Hospital, and is primarily in'volved in schools, hospitals and senior citizens complexes. The club-like atmosphere of the dining room was largely achieved by using fieldstone. There is a,_.fascinating trickle fountain at the dining room en- trance. Off the exercise room on each floor there is a billiard, card and TV room. There is access to the lovely grounds from two levels. The putting green en- courages patients to use the grounds. Sheltered outdoor sit- ting areas are useable, even in early spring and late fall. i The addition has two elevat- ors. The original building is now entirely used for adminio- travtion. reception and examina- tion of patients. ‘ The hospital is completely air conditioned and humidity con- trolled. Mechanical equipment is located at each end of the new building, again to facili- tate the future addition. This also helps to keep noise at a minimum. room is possible from the nurs- es station. Provision has been made for furture construction of a third floor of patient rooms. The steel frame and pre-cast con- crete floor construction facili- tates plans for the future ad- ditional floor, and minimizes noise transmission. jNursing Director 24 Years' Service' , Mrs. Caroline Martin. direC-meeded for a girl to be a nurse. 0f Austrian decent, she later found her ability to speak and write German was not the em- barassment it seemed to be when she started school. It was a real asset during the for- ‘eign teaching tours of the late Dr. Shouldice. “We were ask- ed to put up scientific exhibits in the USA. England and across Canada. Doing it overseas 1' felt rather proud, being Cana- dian.” she says. called upon to carry out some of the nursing duties she learn- ‘ed to do so well in the past 25 years. But most of the time \she spends her hours maintain- ‘ing the high quality of patient ‘care for which Shouldice Hos- pital is so Well known. 1 Even now she occasionally is Since then Nursing Director Martin has travelled the world over in teaching tours with Dr. and Mrs. Shouldice. And now she is responsible for the direc- tion of a staff of almost 50 registered nurses and nursing assistants in one of the finest and most modem private hos- pitals anywhere. "Our nursing job is different than one would find in a gen- eral hospital. It is geared to a unique surgical situation. The whole atmosphere is psycholog; ically beneficial to patients. It’s a friendly ahnosfihere. No- ‘body is seriously ill.” 1 “When I was in training pa- tients were kept in bed for weeks after hernia operations. It was amazing to see a patient walk away from the operating table and be out in a few days,” she says. “I have felt really privileged during my association here with the surgery, and the so wonder- ful way Dr. Shouldice shared his knowledge, even in other countries . . . Europe, Russia, India, Japan, Thailand, the United States and all over Can- ada. He was helping other sur- geons . . . helping reduce suf- fering," says Mrs. Martin. I still marvel at the fact it can’ be performed in such a simpli- f-ied way. “In all my years at S'houldice Hospital, I have only seen one patient who needed a blood transfusion,” she says. "I remember the first opera- tion I watched." she says. “It made such an impression. Even though I have seen this opera- tion done so many times since, Mrs. Caroline Martin, direc-‘needed for a girl to be a nurse.. tor of nursing at Shouldice Hos-.especially a nurse working with pital, has come a long and in- surgeons, Mrs. Martin says ‘teresting way since the day she sometimes you're sort of born was a bewildered little German with this desire. She was the speaking native Canadian start- eldest of a large family. “It a1- ing school in Southey, Sasku- ways seemed I was the one to chewan. bind up out fingers and 100k She remembers early 1946 after scrapes for my seven when she entered the employ of brothers and sisters," she says. the late Dr. Shouldice in the To be a nurse it is necessary 0” Church Street location. to have that kind of interest in Then there were six beds and caning for people , _ ,. doing they did one or two operations what you can for peoplev says a 91W- Mrs. Martin. Asked what qualities are 106 WILLOWDALE AVENUE We Congratulate... ' SHOULDICE HOSPITAL Perwin Construction Co. Limited Member: Food Facilities Consultants Society Don Mills 404, Ontario 447-6483 Food Service Consultants 1262 Don Mills Road PAUL JOHNSTON ASSOCIATES LTD. Then a foreman at the plant went to the Shouldice Surgery, with the plant doctor assisting. He found out Dr. Shouldice ‘ A doctor she knew in the {plant was asking the nurses about their interests, and she told him her specialty was surgâ€" ery. He offered her an opportu- nity to work as an industrial nurse in another plant. but her mind was made up. She was de- termined to get back into sur- gical nursing. ‘ There were two offers. but travelling far away was involv- ed. Her father flipped a coin and Sudbury won. They want~ ed an operating room super- visor. It turned out to be a very lucky choice. even though it meant a very long trip to an unknown place. “I was a bit frightened,” remembers Mrs. Martin. “but I wouldn‘t let any- body know, not even my par. ents." It was raining when she ar- rived in Sudbury. and it looked a terrible desolate place with its rock and northern vegeha- tion. But she soon got over this first had impression, finding she enjoyed her work. Life there was a wonderful experience. It was very different from farm life. seeing people work all night and underground, she says. Besides her regular work, she also spent time in emerg- ency and the laboratory, leam- ing what she could. Mrs. Mar- tin also took advantage of an opportunity to do summer re- lief work in the International Nickel Company nursing de- partment. She became very in- terested and keen about indust- rial nursing as a result. After attending elementary and high school , in Southey, Saskatchewan, Mrs. Martin took her training at St. Paul’s School of Nursing in Saskatoon. She graduated in 1937. Very keen on operating room nursing, she applied to various hospitals for this kind of work. But at that time post graduate work was usually required. She then became engaged and her future husband was froi'n Toronto. So in 1940 she took up industrial nursing work full time with Small Arms Lim- ited in Toronto, and stayed there until she was released from duty at the end of the war. GEORGE B. HEENAN, President IUE WILLOWDALE needed an operating room nurse and suggested Mrs. Martin. Dr. Shouldice invited her to dinner, and she decided to go. The dinner turned out' to be one with all the Shouldice patient-s, including the plant foreman she knew so well. "I was really sold. I knew this was just exactly what I would want." she says. But Dr. Shouldice had already taken on another nurse. Then there was an opening later, and this time she was hired, along with a nurse she already knew well. Mrs. Martin started at the S'houldice Hospital on Church Street early in 1946. She has worked almost 25 years at the hospital, except for six months when her daughter Carol Anne was born. She worked at the surgery right up to a few hours before her daughter’s birth, as Dr. Shouldice said it was unneces- sary for her to go to another hospital and had her looked after right at Shouldice Hospit- a1. Now Mrs. Martin is respons- ible for the nursing staff doing as many as 20 hernia operations a day in the lovely new Should- ice Hospital at John Street and Bayview Avenue in Thornhill. Right now the hospital has '74 beds, with room for 88 if they are needed. MRS. CAROLINE MARTIN Director of Nursing On the accomplishment of their fine edifice. We thank our sub-traders, our suppliers, our workmen and staff through whose co-operation we were able to construct the hospital. THE LIBERAL) Richmond Hill. Ontario, Thursday, May 28, 1970 Extends Sincere Congratulations Shouldice Hospital ON THEIR OFFICIAL OPENING J. Austin Floyd LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT LAWRENCE AVE. W. TORONTO, ON TARIO Gordon F. Gilbert Co. 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