Matt L.

I was in a terrible car wreck in 1995 and broke my back….I was brought to the Civic and repaired and thankfully didn’t have any serious lasting injury or paralysis…I forget the doctor’s name but he was reportedly one of the best surgeons in that field so I was was extremely lucky he was available.

Hilary F.

In September 1967 I moved into the nurses residence of the Ottawa Civic Hospital as my home for the next two years while I studied to be a registered nurse. Our training was a strict regime under the guidance of Miss Milligan and her teaching staff, all who taught us the knowledge and gave us […]

Shannon S.

I am the sister of Candis Stewart (1st kidney transplant at Civic). I was an X-ray tech. Trained at the Civic, Class of ’73, with 33 yr career working at the Civic and Heart Inst. Gave birth to 2 daughters at Civic. My two girls volunteered at Civic as candy stripers. One daughter has a […]

Harold B.

When I was working at the Civic for 42 years, I heard from some nursing friends that the story goes that there was a ghost in the Nurses Residence (now Parkdale Clinic). I advised them that it was likely following the death of my cousin who was a nursing student in November, 1960 at the […]

Clifford D.

My mother had 10 children. 9 of them were delivered at the Civic .

Patty M.

I remember when Princess Diana came to visit in 1991 she was so graceful and very friendly. I also remember when we had two big nurseries for viewing and all the babies stayed there for most of the time while the moms would rest. The old maternity ward which has been converted to the MFM […]

Celina B.

My Grandmother worked at the Civic Campus from 1973-1993 as a Dietary Aid, serving food to patients on various floors in the hospital. She was very well liked by her colleagues as well as by the patients. My Mother also worked at the Civic Campus from 1977-1981 in the Lab Medicine Building as a Computer […]

Brian W.

1990: A freak accident helped to launch my 26 year (and counting), career at the Civic/TOH. I was spending a lot of time visiting my wife who had slipped and fell on the dance floor and had to undergo surgery to repair a shattered elbow. I fell in love with the building and it’s many […]

Jessica A.

My mother used to work at the Civic Hospital (for 39 years) as a registered nurse, she also gave birth to me there. I am now also a registered nurse at the Civic Hospital, and I gave birth twice there as well. The nurse that delivered me was also working the day I had my […]

Lynne H. (Bower ’61)

On Graduation day June 7th, our 1961 OCH Nursing class walked down the front steps of the Civic Hospital, each of us carrying a red rose. This was very special and symbolic as our class was not allowed to use the front door or walk down the steps until our Graduation Day.