Shouldice Hospital
Geography
Location7750 Bayview Avenue, Markham, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates43°49′14″N 79°24′12″W / 43.82056°N 79.40333°W / 43.82056; -79.40333
Organization
Care systemPublicly funded, privately administered; Ontario Health Insurance Plan
TypeSpecialist
Services
StandardsMinistry of Health; Private Hospitals Act
Emergency departmentNo
Beds89
SpecialityHernia repair
History
Opened1945
Links
Websiteshouldice.com
ListsHospitals in Canada

Shouldice Hospital (formerly Shouldice Hernia Centre) is a private hospital located in Markham, Ontario, Canada, at 7750 Bayview Avenue in the Thornhill district.[1] The hospital specializes in hernia care. Its location is the former estate of George McCullagh, a publisher who created The Globe and Mail newspaper in 1936.[2]

History

The hospital was founded in 1945 by Dr. Earle Shouldice.[1][3] While private hospitals are not allowed under Ontario's Private Hospitals Act,[3] Shouldice Hospital is one of seven private hospitals in the province grandfathered under the Act.[3] The hospital has been continuously family run from its inception but is partially publicly funded.[4]

In the 2020s, Liberty Development planned to build five residential towers on the property. In September 2022, the City of Markham purchased the Shouldice property for CA$188 million, to transform the lands into a public park, while continuing the lease for the hospital.[5]

Work

Shouldice Hospital is a private hospital that operates in a public health care system.[6] It works solely on hernia repair.[1] It uses a natural tissue, tension free, technique developed during World War II by Dr. Shouldice. The hospital performs hernia repairs on over 6,500 patients a year.[7]

Everything in the hospital is designed toward hernia repair.[1] Shouldice's rooms do not have telephones or televisions, which it says is to encourage patients to walk around while recovering.[1] The hospital is laid out like a "country club."[8] According to the hospital, it has the lowest rate of complications and recurrences of hernias in the world.[3] The success of its method has been cited to the fact that Shouldice surgeons solely do hernia operations.[9]

Harvard Business School business case

The facility was the subject of a 1983 business case by the Harvard Business School.[1] Written by James Heskett, the report is the school's fourth-best-selling business case, selling over 259,000 copies.[1] The case study focuses on Shouldice's unique three-day hernia repair process.[1] The popularity of the business case is responsible for the hospital's process becoming known outside of Canada.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pitts, Gordon (9 January 2006). "Hernia hospital teaches Harvard about service". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  2. ↑ "It's a world-renowned, for-profit Ontario hospital. Could Shouldice be a model for private health care?". CBC News. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Hauch, Valerie (September 23, 2012). "Shouldice hernia centre likely to move in four years". The Toronto Star. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Everything you always wanted to know about Rand Paul and the Shouldice Hernia Hospital * but were afraid to ask". 15 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Wong, Irene (September 12, 2022). "City of Markham spends $188M to purchase Shouldice Hospital lands in Thornhill for public use". Markham Economist & Sun. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  6. ↑ Gordon Pitts (April 23, 2018). "Hernia hospital teaches Harvard about service". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to Shouldice Hernia Hospital, The Global Leader in Non-Mesh Hernia Repair". Shouldice Hospital. Shouldice Hospital. Retrieved July 2, 2019. ...every year over 6,500 patients trust Shouldice Hospital to repair their abdominal wall hernia.
  8. ↑ Worthington, Peter (2007-01-17). "A blueprint for our health-care system". Canoe. Sun Media. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  9. ↑ Gawande, Atul (1998-03-30). "No Mistake". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
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