HISTORY
The original St. Paul's Hospital (1907) was first located in a physician's (Dr. John H. C. Willoughby) house. The hospital was established due
to an outbreak of typhoid, which occurred while the Canadian Pacific Railroad was building a bridge in Saskatoon. The bridge was located
downstream from the town garbage dump where the Bessborough Hotel now stands. Contaminated water from the garbage dump eventually led to
a breakout of typhoid among the workers. Catholic priests cared for the sick in the Catholic rectory, and in Dr. Willoughby's house.
A group of Grey Nuns passing through Saskatoon on their travels, stayed to help. A hospital was eventually opened in 1913. In 1963, the
current B-Wing of St. Paul's Hospital was built and owned by the Grey Nuns. A-Wing was added in 1989. St. Paul's continues to compassionately
offer quality health care to residents of Saskatoon and northern Saskatchewan. In 1995, St. Paul's Hospital entered an affiliation
agreement with Saskatoon District Health, now the Saskatoon Health Region. In 1999, the Grey Nuns transferred ownership of the hospital
to the Saskatchewan Catholic Health Corporation.