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Early healthcare.1892
6th Siding (Olds) NWT Canada
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Pioneer Doctors
1891 - The year that the railroad came through Olds, Dr. George came from Innisfail in October to attend the birth of David and Mary Shannon's daughter, Mamie. The Shannons were the first to settle at the sixth siding which became Olds station and later the town of Olds.
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Healthcare 1895 to 1911.1895
Olds NWT Canada
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1895 - Dr. Kay homesteaded two miles east of Olds and looked after the medical needs of the district along with his farming duties.5
Dr. Hartman's Medical Office.1905
Olds, Alberta, Canada
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1904 - Dr. MacFarlane open an office on 49th street in Olds. He was followed by Dr. McTavish, who stayed until 1907, Dr. Little, who stayed until 1909, Dr. Curtis stayed for a short time and left for Stettler in 1910 and Dr. Williams who left in 1911.1908 - Dr. R C. J. Stevens came from England and in 1910 built a large house, the second floor of which became Olds' first makeshift hospital.
1910 - Dr. C. C. Hartman took over the office of Dr. Curtis.
1913 - Dr. Hartman moved his office to the first house east of the railway tracks on 50th street, his home and office for the next 50 years.
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Olds' first "real" hospital in a sense, was a one-story house in the southeast corner of town, run by a partially trained nurse, Mrs. Ptias. During an outbreak of typhoid fever in 1910, Mrs. Ptias succeeded in keeping many patients alive through their prolonged illness.1912 - 1920. Many "hospitals" of this nature sprang up around Olds during this period and the fact that some minor surgeries could be done in town saved people the half-day train ride to the Calgary Hospital. One of these "hospitals" was a larger place known as the McDonald house. It was here where Dr. Hartman and Dr. Steven's joined forces and practiced collective medicine, until the First World War called Dr. Stevens into service.
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Dr. Hartman came in the early 1900's and stayed in Olds for the remainder of his medical career.1908
Olds, Alberta, Canada
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1922 - Dr. Hartman operated a small hospital above Maybanks Drug Store that burned down in the Main Street fire. The two-story Hainstock house on 50th street was pressed into service with Dr. Hartman and Dr. Mann personally funding the service. But before long the burden became too large.10
Dr. Mann arrived in Olds early in the 1900's.1907
Olds, Alberta, Canada
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1915 - Dr. A. H. Mann graduated and came to Olds to start his practice.1945 - Dr. Art Mann died from the then little understood dangers of the new x-ray and fluoroscope machines. The citizens of Olds donated a portable x-ray machine to the hospital in his memory
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