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Parkland resident graciously donates

Pine River resident Tony Semeniuk provided a boost to the Dauphin Hospital Foundation with a recent donation of $20,000. Semeniuk indicated he was very happy to help by donating to a worthy cause and organization. Later in the day, Semeniuk made another local donation, $10,000, to the Dauphin Multi-Purpose Seniors Centre. Pictured, from left, are Mr. Semeniuk, Foundation Chairman Doug Deans, and Dauphin Regional Health Centre Director Curt Gullett.

DRHC Palliative Care Redevelopment Project moving along

Thanks to generous public contributions so far, the Palliative Care Redevelopment Project at Dauphin Regional Health Centre (DRHC) has been making some headway. The project, which is being undertaken in two phases, will see renovations and upgrades completed within the four Palliative Care Unit rooms and family room. This includes overall wall repairs, purchasing of new furniture and securing new TVs, which is all part of the initial phase.

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Dauphin General Hospital – the first 100 years

The following history which looks at the first 100 years of the Dauphin General Hospital was compiled by Dauphin residents Robert M. Forbes and J.J. Arthurs.

Throughout the history of the Dauphin General Hospital four problems persisted: shortage of money, staff, equipment and beds. In 1900 Dr. Bottomlay housed a few patients in a house he owned on Third Street North West Soon it was full. A hospital was a critical need.

Property for a hospital was donated by William Whitmore. It was the area between Third Street South West and Jackson Avenue, except for lots already surveyed. Northern boundary was Fourth Avenue South West He also donated property where the Dauphin Medical Clinic now stands. Money for the building came from the Rural Municipalities of Dauphin, Grandview and Gilbert Plains, from the Village of Dauphin, from private donations, and some from the provincial government. Before receiving its charter in 1901 construction began on a 24-bed wooden structure hospital. The cost was$9,000. Soon a nurses quarters residence was added. Patients paid $1 per day. Lamps lit the building. The heat source was wood. Water came from a well. A typhoid fever outbreak filled the beds and hallways. A house was rented for an isolation ward. Patients had to be turned away.

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