Page 37 Sudbur y Of fce t 705-67 4-0 1 1 9 f 705-67 4-0 1 25 T immins t 705-264-94 1 3 f 705-267-2725 Sault S t e Marie t 705-942-2070 f 705-942-3532 Thunder Ba y t 807 625-6700 f 807 623-449 1 www .g eniv ar .com Gl ob al Solution S in En G in EE rin G Buildin gs · Tr anspor T a T ion · Envir onm E n T m unicip al i nfr as T ruc T ur E · i ndus T rial · En E r gy Cong r atulations t o t he City of T immins on its 10 0 th Anniv er sar y written by a former general man - ager but never published shows how changes in society produced changes in the or ganization. Quote: “The cottage hospital that had been constructed earlier no longer was able to provide adequate medical care in the community . A new two-storey hospital was built during 1919 and 1920 which cost the company more than $100,000. It accommod ated 35 patients (when it fnally opened in 1923). “When completed, the operation of the hospital was turned over to the Sisters of Providence, a Roman Cath - olic order based in Montreal. The Or - der continued to operate the hospital until it was purchased by the Ontario Hospital Commission in 1967 when ownership and control was passed to a board appointed by the Commission and the T own of T immins.” That hospital was located at the north - east corner of Fifth A venue and Pine Street, just one-block west of the orig - inal site. The hospital was originally known as the Providence Hospital but in 1927 Hollinger gave the hospital to the nuns and the name was changed to St. Mary’ s Hospital. In 1972, St. Mary’ s became a pub - lic hospital and the name became St. Mary’ s General Hospital. T o go back a bit. In 1928, the Hol - linger and McIntyre paid for a new wing. The province forced the amalgamation of Porcupine General and St. Mary’ s in 1988. That was also the year the corporation of the T immins and Dis - trict Hospital was formed as approval for a new hospital had been granted. At the time the two local hospitals had 212 beds. St. Mary’ s was closed in 1993 after all its patients and useable equipment was transferred to the new 161-bed hospital compl eted that year . It cost $74 million. Porcupine General closed in 1996 but it hadn’ t treated active care patients since 1988 as it only provided chronic care and rehabilitation services. T oday that building is Spruce Hill Lodge , a transitional home for se - niors. St. Mary’ s is an apartment complex and retirement home for active se - niors. Cont’d from pg. 34 Nuns took over operation of Hollinger Hospital “The Porcupine Camp” 100 Y ears of Mining Page 35