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{{Infobox hospital
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| Name = The Ottawa Hospital
| Org/Group = <!-- optional -->
| Logo = The Ottawa Hospital Logo.jpg
| Location = 
| Region = Ottawa
| State = Ontario
| Country = Canada
| Helipad = {{Airport codes||||CPP7|p=n}}
| HealthCare = Medicare
| Type = Teaching
| Speciality = 
| Standards = <!-- optional if no national standards -->
| Emergency = [[Level I Trauma Center]]
| Affiliation= [[University of Ottawa]]
| Beds = 1,117 
| Founded = 1998
| Closed = <!-- optional -->
| Website = [http://www.ottawahospital.on.ca www.ottawahospital.on.ca]
|}}
'''The Ottawa Hospital''' ({{langx|fr|L'Hôpital d'Ottawa}}) is a [[hospital system]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada. The system was formed through the merger of the former Grace Hospital, Ottawa Riverside Hospital, [[Ottawa General Hospital]] and [[Ottawa Civic Hospital]]. The system is affiliated with the [[University of Ottawa]], and its three campuses are all [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]], [[Public hospital|public]] [[teaching hospital]]s (the [[University of Ottawa Heart Institute]] is located at the hospital's Civic Campus).

The Ottawa Hospital's [[Ottawa Civic Hospital|Civic Campus]] is also one of the two trauma centres serving [[Eastern Ontario]] and southern [[Quebec]]. The other is the [[Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario]], accommodating juvenile and adolescent patients.

The Ottawa Hospital's [[Ottawa General Hospital|General Campus]] is home to the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center, the main site of the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Program and the Champlain Regional Cancer Program.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cancercareontario.ca/en/cancer-care-ontario/programs/regional-cancer-programs/champlain|title=Champlain Regional Cancer Program|date=2017-06-28|website=Cancer Care Ontario|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> This program runs in conjunction with the Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre located at the [[Queensway Carleton Hospital]], located on the western side of Ottawa, also operated by the Ottawa Hospital.<ref name=":0" /> The General Campus provides specialized in and outpatient services for hematological diseases, as well as radiation and medical oncology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ottawahospital.on.ca/en/clinical-services/deptpgrmcs/programs/cancer-program/what-we-offer-our-programs-and-services/hematology/|title=Hematology {{!}} The Ottawa Hospital|website=www.ottawahospital.on.ca|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ottawahospital.on.ca/en/clinical-services/deptpgrmcs/programs/cancer-program/what-we-offer-our-programs-and-services/radiation-therapy-program/|title=Radiation Therapy Program {{!}} The Ottawa Hospital|website=www.ottawahospital.on.ca|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ottawahospital.on.ca/en/clinical-services/deptpgrmcs/programs/cancer-program/what-we-offer-our-programs-and-services/chemotherapy-program/|title=Chemotherapy Program {{!}} The Ottawa Hospital|website=www.ottawahospital.on.ca|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref>

== Research ==
The [[Ottawa Health Research Institute|Ottawa Hospital Research Institute]] (OHRI) is a non-profit academic health [[research institute]] that is part of The Ottawa Hospital, and a major part of the University of Ottawa Faculties of Medicine and Health Science. 

Formed on April 1, 2001, by the merger of the Loeb Health Research Institute and the Ottawa Health Research Institute, the OHRI is a multi-campus facility with more than 2,000 scientists, clinician investigators, trainees and staff. These researchers are studying more than a hundred different diseases, conditions and specialties with an overall focus on translating discoveries and knowledge into better health.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ottawa Hospital Research Institute |url=https://www.ohri.ca/About/default.asp |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.ohri.ca}}</ref> 

==Riverside Hospital of Ottawa==
{{Infobox hospital
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| Name = Riverside Hospital of Ottawa
| Org/Group = The Ottawa Hospital
| image = Riverside Hospital.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| coordinates = 
| Location = 1967 Riverside Drive<br />[[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]<br />K1H 7W9
| HealthCare = Medicare
| Type = Teaching
| Speciality = 
| Standards = <!-- optional if no national standards -->
| Emergency = No
| Affiliation= [[University of Ottawa]]
| Beds = 0 
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|}}

The Ottawa Hospital's Riverside Campus is one of three main campuses of The Ottawa Hospital<ref name="CBC01">{{cite web|title=Riverside Hospital endoscopy clinic closing|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/riverside-hospital-endoscopy-clinic-closing-1.1160306|publisher=CBC News|access-date=11 April 2018|location=Ottawa, ON|date=21 November 2012}}</ref> – along with the Civic and General campuses, and is the only campus that does not admit patients and has no emergency department. The facility operates for out-patient treatment and procedures during the day Monday - Friday.

The Riverside Hospital of Ottawa first opened in 1967<ref name="OH01">{{cite web|title=Our History|url=https://www.ottawahospital.on.ca/en/about-us/our-history/|publisher=The Ottawa Hospital|access-date=9 April 2018|location=Ottawa, ON}}</ref> on [[Riverside Drive (Ottawa)|Riverside Drive]] close to where the current General campus and the [[Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario]] is located on Smyth Road. On 1 April 1998<ref name="Term">{{cite web|title=OTTAWA HOSPITAL RIVERSIDE CAMPUS [1 record]|url=http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&index=ent&srchtxt=OTTAWA%20HOSPITAL%20RIVERSIDE%20CAMPUS|publisher=TERMIUM Plus®|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref> the hospital was amalgamated with the Civic Hospital and the General Hospital into The Ottawa Hospital.<ref name="HCG">{{cite web|last1=Rowell|first1=Catherine|title=Ottawa Hospital: Transforming health care from the inside out|url=http://www.healthcareglobal.com/company/ottawa-hospital-transforming-health-care-inside-out#|publisher=Healthcare Global|access-date=9 April 2018|date=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="FPost01">{{cite web|title=Collaboration is key for Ottawa Hospital CEO Dr. Jack Kitts|url=http://business.financialpost.com/executive/leadership/collaboration-is-key-for-ottawa-hospital-ceo-dr-jack-kitts|last1=Dowden|first1=Craig|date=23 August 2016|publisher=Financial Post|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref>

The hospital is also the [[Riverside station (OC Transpo)|Riverside station]] for [[OC Transpo]].

The hospital is home to the Kidney Research Centre, a centre within the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. The centre was established in 2000 and is the first place in Canada dedicated to kidney research.<ref name="OHRI01">{{cite web|title=The Ottawa Hospital appoints prestigious kidney research chair|url=http://www.ohri.ca/newsroom/newsstory.asp?ID=388|last1=Tong|first1=Tracey|date=5 December 2013|publisher=Ottawa Hospital Research Institute|location=Ottawa, ON|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="OHRI02">{{cite web|title=Kidney Research Centre|url=http://www.ohri.ca/centres/KRC/default.asp|publisher=Ottawa Hospital Research Institute|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref>

In addition, the hospital is home to the Shirley E. Greenberg Women's Health Centre. The centre is dedicated to research, education, and helping women improve their health.<ref name="CD01">{{cite web|title=Shirley E. Greenberg Women's Health Centre|url=http://carlyledesign.ca/projects/shirleyegreenbergwomenshealthcentre/|publisher=Carlyle Design Associates|location=Ottawa, ON|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019080406/http://carlyledesign.ca/projects/shirleyegreenbergwomenshealthcentre/|archive-date=19 October 2012|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="OH02">{{cite web|title=Shirley E. Greenberg Women's Health Centre|url=https://www.ottawahospital.on.ca/en/clinical-services/deptpgrmcs/programs/shirley-e-greenberg-womens-health-centre/|last1=Jolly|first1=Elaine|publisher=The Ottawa Hospital|location=Ottawa, ON|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref> The centre sees 30,000 patients a year.<ref name="MPL01">{{cite web|title=SHIRLEY E. GREENBERG WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTRE|url=http://www.mplundy.com/shirley-e-greenberg-womens-health-centre/|publisher=MP Lundy Construction|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174504/http://www.mplundy.com/shirley-e-greenberg-womens-health-centre/|archive-date=11 April 2018|access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref>

===Book===
The book ''Making waves: a history of the Riverside Hospital of Ottawa'' recounts the hospital's long history.<ref name="WavesM">{{cite book |last=Knowles |first=Valerie |title=Making waves : a history of the Riverside Hospital of Ottawa |location=[[Ottawa]] |publisher=The Riverside Hospital of Ottawa |isbn=9780968157305 |oclc=38105736 }}</ref><ref name="Wunion01">{{cite web|last1=Knowles|first1=Valerie|title=Member Profile|url=https://www.writersunion.ca/member/valerie-knowles|publisher=Writer's Union of Canada|access-date=11 April 2018|location=[[Toronto]]}}</ref>

==Helipads==
The [[Ottawa General Hospital|General Campus]] shares the ground level helipad located next to [[Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|CHEO]] for ground ambulance transfers to the General.

There is a helipad located at the hospital's Civic Campus located across Carling Avenue. The helipad is used by Medevac as the majority of landings take place there as the Civic Campus is the site of Ottawa's Level 1 Trauma Centre for adults.

==References==
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== External links==
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* [http://www.ohfoundation.ca Ottawa Hospital Foundation]
* [http://www.ottawahospital.on.ca/hp/dept/med/nephro/research-e.asp OH Kidney Research Centre]

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