Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
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Hospital
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in Canada
Canada
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. Toronto Rehab has six sites located in Toronto
Toronto
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, Ontario
Ontario
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By a Special Act of Legislation, on November 2, 1998, the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute was created with the amalgamation of three hospitals. These were:
- Rehabilitation Institute of Toronto
- Lyndhurst Spinal Cord Centre
- Toronto Rehabilitation Centre
Lynhurst began in 1945 as Lyndhurst Lodge to deal with returning Canadian veterans with spinal injuries from World War II
World War II
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