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= The Salvation Army Grace General Hospital = The Salvation Army Grace General Hospital, located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, was in service from 1922 until the year 2000, and was demolished in later years.

Overview
The Hospital was first built in 1922 after Dr. William Roberts proposed the idea of a maternity home for mothers in St. Johns to Toronto's The Salvation Army. The hospital was opened by The Salvation Army on September 19, 1923, under the name Grace Maternity Hospital. Opened as a maternity centre, the hospital first offered 22 patient beds. The Grace opened with the intent to train and educate midwives with an 18 month-long training program, this program provided midwives the tools necessary to graduate as maternity nurses. By the year 1929, the hospital had grown to offer approximately 100 patient beds, opened a new children's ward as well as opened Newfoundland's second nursing school. The famous Newfoundland nurse, Mary Southcott, was credited with having a major role in the creation of this nursing school as well as Newfoundland's first nursing school.

Throughout the years The Grace opened to change and growth, by 1954 the hospital allowed for up to 200 patient beds. By the year 1964, the old nursing school was replaced with a new up to date school and the nurse's residence was built. The Grace eventually closed its doors in the year 2000, caused in part by the Health Sciences Centre, which served as an education and training ground for Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine through the Eastern Regional Health Authority (Eastern Health), while the Grace fell behind in its services and training. Before closing its doors, the official name of the hospital was the Grace General Hospital, it was owned by the Department of Health and Community Services but was later passed on to the Department of Transportation and Works after becoming vacant. Today, the only building left standing on the plot of land is the nurse's residence which has yet to be demolished.

The Nurse's Residence
The Nurse's Residence was built in 1964 to serve as not only a residence for nurses but also as an education and training facility. Eight stories tall, the residence offered beds for up to 200 nursing students, education and training facilities, a swimming pool, an assembly hall as well as other amenities.

Medical Services
The Salvation Army Grace General Hospitals medical services include:

Maternity
In 1923, the hospital opened under the name Grace Maternity Hospital. The main focus of the hospital was to serve as a home for mothers, to train and educate midwives in becoming maternity nurses. Though the hospital began as a maternity hospital, it didn't take long for expansions to ensue and for the hospital to change its name from Grace Maternity Hospital to Grace General Hospital.

Medical Imaging
In the year 1928, X-ray machines were introduced. The hospital took advantage of this technology to provide services such as X-Ray, Nuclear Medicine, Ultra-sound, and Echo-cardiography. In the year 1993, this department had a faculty of 42 medically trained staff and had averaged around 60,000 medical imaging examinations per year.

Same-Day Surgery Program
In January of 1993, the Same-Day Surgery Program was introduced. The program allowed patients to check-in and undergo surgery within the same day, rather than waiting for a bed to become available or checking in the night before and having surgery the next day. This program was more cost-effective, more time-efficient and decreased the stress of patients as well as hospital staff.

Dermatology Treatment Centre
The Dermatology Treatment Centre opened in March of 1989. Headed by Dr. Wayne Gulliver, the centre offered education and medical services for a variety of skin diseases including Ultra-Violet Light Therapy (UVB), Photo-Chemotherapy, intensive scalp treatments, medical assessments, leg ulcer treatments, a Psoriasis Centre, and a patch test clinic.

Other medical services included:


 * High-risk pregnancies


 * Vascular referral centre
 * Head and neck unit
 * Surgery
 * Medicine
 * Obstetrics
 * Gynecology
 * Urology
 * Psychiatry
 * Pediatrics
 * Neonatology
 * Dialysis
 * Intensive coronary care
 * Home care referral
 * Breastfeeding
 * Prenatal classes
 * Day surgery
 * Cardiac rehabilitation
 * Home care dialysis
 * Ultrasound
 * Diabetic teaching centre
 * Daycare psychiatric program
 * Ambulatory/peritoneal dialysis
 * Limited care dialysis

Patient Rooms
Three types of rooms were offered at the Grace: Ward (four beds per room), Semi-private (two beds per room), and Private (one bed per room), with only Ward and Semi-private rooms offered in the Short-stay unit.

Religious Services
The Grace General Hospital offered an open Chapel 24 hours a day, with regularly scheduled services as well as Grace Chaplains available for a variety of religions. Religious services were televised from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Food Services
The Dietary Department provided healthy meals based on the Canada's Food Guide. Meal times ran as followed: breakfast was served from 7:00 a.m. - 10 a.m., dinner was served from 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., and supper was served from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Healthy snacks, tea, coffee, and other drinks were also offered each day until 10:00 p.m.

Cafeteria Service
A variety of cold and hot foods were available in the cafeteria located on the ground floor. Cafeteria hours ran from 7:30 a.m. - 2:10 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. - 6:15 p.m.

Social Work
Social Workers were provided and assigned to each floor of the Hospital.

Visitors
Visitor hours were from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. with only two visitors allowed at a time. Visitors under 14 years of age must have been accompanied by an adult.

Other available services included:

 * Wheel-chair accessible bathrooms on the main, 3rd and 6th floors.
 * Wheel-chair accessible parking
 * Public and private bathrooms
 * Public telephones
 * Vending machines
 * Money changing machine
 * Microwaves
 * Television
 * Education television channel
 * Flower deliveries
 * Gift shop
 * Hairdresser
 * Laundry services
 * Mail services
 * Library cart