St. Michael's Hospital

About Us

Affirmation Statement

Accessible, Welcoming, and Equitable Health Care for All

To acknowledge the needs of the communities we serve, St. Michael's Hospital reiterates our longstanding commitment to affirm and protect the right to sensitive, secure, respectful health care for all patients, including people living with HIV/AIDS, lesbians and gay men, their partners and families, the poor, the homeless and people with severe mental illnesses. It is the mission, values, and tradition of St. Michael's Hospital and those associated with the hospital to provide compassionate care in a welcoming environment, embracing all races, cultures, classes, beliefs, ages, genders and sexual orientations.

It is also important to note that the Hospital operates in full compliance with the Ontario Human Rights Code. To this end, policies with clear accountabilities have been implemented which affirm and protect the right to health care and treatment which is inclusive, secure, sensitive, and respectful to all. These policies include a Visiting Policy that respects the patient's definition of family and partner, and a Workplace Sexual Harassment Policy.

Board Approved, January 1998