Storybrooke General Hospital

"And right upstairs our O.B., Dr. Whale, gives the finest care this side of the fictional alps."

- Regina Mills to Zelena

Storybrooke General Hospital is a Storybrooke location featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the first episode of the first season.

Former Patients

 * Alexandra
 * Ashley Boyd
 * Baby Hood
 * Belle French
 * David Nolan


 * Dr. Whale
 * Greg Mendell  †
 * Henry Mills
 * Hook †
 * Kathryn Nolan


 * Little John
 * Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Moe French
 * Neal Cassidy †
 * Prince Neal


 * Sidney Glass
 * Zelena

Current Patients

 * Mop Patient

Visitors

 * Archie Hopper
 * Belle French
 * David Nolan
 * Emma Swan
 * Henry Mills


 * Hook †
 * Isaac Heller
 * Jefferson
 * Kathryn Nolan
 * Mary Margaret Blanchard


 * Merry Men
 * Mother Superior
 * Mr. Clark
 * Mr. Gold
 * Regina Mills


 * Robin Hood
 * Ruby
 * Sean Herman
 * Sheriff Graham †
 * Zelena

Trivia
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On-Screen Notes

 * According to Emma, the hospital is not far from the town line.
 * Ava and Nicholas are supposed to have been born there. However, that is just a false event created by the curse.
 * Belle's cell at the psychiatric ward is the same as the one Zelena lived in.
 * Kathryn and Henry both stay in hospital room R2 42. The same number is in the supply room where Dr. Whale and the others go to discuss the Greg Mendell's situation.
 * Regina uses Henry's birthday as her password to the psychiatric ward.
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Production Notes

 * The Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, British Columbia doubles as the Storybrooke General Hospital on Once Upon a Time. The location has been used in numerous movies and television shows.
 * The Severe Nurse is Nurse Ratched from the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The man sweeping the floor at the psychiatric ward looks like Chief Bromden from the movie of the same name.
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Prop Notes

 * A poster at the hospital shows a picture of Ignaz Semmelweis, a nineteenth century Hungarian physician who is now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. The poster says "A history of germ theory - Ignaz Semmelweis".
 * The paintings in the waiting room where Dr. Whale and the others ponder the situation with Greg Mendell are Morning Creekside by American artist Megan Lightell, and Waterlilies by Canadian artist Philip Craig. They are also present in Belle's hospital room.
 * Another copy of Morning Creekside is hanging on the wall in a corridor and in Mary Margaret's hospital room.
 * Both paintings appear in the Portland motel room where Emma and Neal stay.
 * The painting next to Belle's hospital bed is Harbor Glow by Tom Swimm.
 * The book Zelena is reading at the psychiatric ward, is What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff.
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Goofs

 * The date on the monitor screen over Henry's hospital bed is "10 Nov 08", but "Selfless, Brave and True" establishes that the "Pilot" episode takes place in October 2011. ¨
 * The date on the monitor screen over Greg Mendell's bed is also incorrect: It says "04 Jul 09".

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.


 * The Storybrooke General Hospital name appears on Ava Zimmer's birth certificate in "True North".