HSC Winnipeg 50/150 Quiz

This year marks 150 years in our history of health care leadership, compassion and innovation beginning with the establishment of the Winnipeg General Hospital in December 1872. WGH was a major milestone for healthcare in Manitoba and Western Canada that has continued to shape patient care and healthcare education and research through a sesquicentennial of floods, epidemics, and other challenges.

How well do you know HSC Winnipeg and the history of Winnipeg General Hospital?

Try our quiz below and be entered to win prizes throughout the year. Winners must be a current health-care worker at a Manitoba facility, program or service.

Note: All content is copyright HSC Winnipeg, hscarchives@hsc.mb.ca

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* 1. Your name

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* 2. Your role, facility and region.

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* 3. Your email

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* 4. Which three hospitals amalgamated to create HSC?

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* 5. What year was HSC Winnipeg established?

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* 6. What was the cause of the first patient admission?

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* 7. What year was the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing established?

1850

1887

1901

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* 8. Which building is named in honour of one of the first Indigenous graduates from the School of Nursing?

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* 9. How old is the oldest building on campus? (Bonus, where is it?)

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* 10. Where was the outdoor swimming pool?

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* 11. What were the Cobras and the Pythons at HSC?

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* 12. Why does GF1 have strange shaped doors?

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