Care Centre is meant for people with injuries or illnesses that are non-life-threatening. All patients who are ambulatory and who are experiencing minor illness or injuries that cannot wait for a family doctor are directed to attend this clinic. The Urgent Care Centre is open from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m., 365 days/year. Clinics Outpatient pediatrics Cardiology Ophthalmology diabetes education breast assessment Day surgery Urgent care and mental health programs St. Joseph's School of Nursing In 1912 the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph established a nursing school in Kingston at Hotel Dieu Hospital. This became necessary as Sisters could no longer care for the increasing number of patients at the hospital. Training, which was initially provided by nursing Sisters and doctors at the hospital, ended with the graduate earning a three-year diploma. It became a two-year program in 1970 The first class graduated in 1914 and the final class was the Class of 1974. In total, 1695 nurses graduated from the school The school was closed in 1973 as all hospital-based diploma nursing programs in Ontario were transferred to Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. The Class of 1974 spent their first year at the Hotel Dieu and their second at St. Lawrence College. Notable graduates Marion Dewar, public health nurse, later Mayor of Ottawa and federal Member of Parliament. See also Kingston General Hospital site Providence Continuing Care Centre (PCCC) References External links Hotel Dieu Hospital - Official web site. Brutalist architecture in Canada Teaching hospitals in Canada Hospitals in Ontario Hospital buildings completed in 1892 Hospital buildings completed in 1894 Buildings and structures in Kingston, Ontario Hospitals established in 1845 Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kingston, Ontario)#St. Joseph's School of Nursing Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kingston, Ontario)#St. Joseph's School of Nursing