November 20, 2008

Tricity Living ~ Health Care
grand river hospital.gifGrand River Hospital is one of Ontario's largest community hospitals employing approximately 2,300 highly skilled and dedicated employees.  The Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital was first established in 1895 as the Berlin-Waterloo Hospital. Seventy patients were cared for in its first year. The 30-bed facility had one operating room, a handful of nurses, and a dozen physicians. The hospital's School of Nursing opened the following year and trained more than 1400 nurses before closing 80 years later.

While Grand River Hospital has a rich history of quality care-giving, the future will be even more impressive including, a new inpatient oncology unit with an increase of six patient beds, a new ambulatory care centre, a new mental health unit, which includes, a crisis assessment facility, day hospital and child and an adolescent inpatient psychiatry unit.  There are plans for a spacious intensive care unit with an additional 8 patient beds, a new brachytherapy surgical suite to treat appropriate cancer patients by administering radiation internally and a new and expanded fracture clinic.

Grand River  Hospital also includes another location at Freeport Hospital which first began as a tuberculosis sanatorium.   Following medical advances and altered treatment of tuberculosis after World War II, Freeport began admitting chronic care and rehabilitation patients. During the 1960s, the need for chronic care beds continued to grow resulting in the addition of more beds, and by 1970 the Freeport Sanatorium became Freeport Hospital.  Freeport continues to provide and focus on chronic care today as an extension of Grand River Hospital.


st. marys hospital logo.jpgSt. Mary’s General Hospital is an adult acute-care facility.As a 191-bed community hospital, we embrace progress and change while maintaining our commitment to the mission and vision of our founder’s, the Sister’s of St. Joseph’s of Hamilton.  At St. Mary’s General Hospital we are proud to offer a full range of patient services that focus on enhanced patient care and the health care needs of our community.

St. Mary's areas of excellence include cardiology, respiratory illness, minimal invasive surgery, eye, nose & throat surgery, and thoracic surgery.   St. Mary's is also a local leader in emergency medicine, ophthamology, spiritual care, counselling, and the treatment of sexual assault and domestic violence.

cambride memorial hospital logo.gifCambridge Memorial Hospital serves 135,000 area residents of Cambridge and North Dumfries and annually completes 81,880 diagnostic procedures, accommodates 62,742 outpatient visits, services 40,187 emergency visits and performs 12,010 surgeries, completes 2,806 breast screenings, is home to 1,516 births, removes 1,743 cataracts and replaces 492 hips and knees. 

All of this service and support provided to the region at Cambridge Hospital is accomplished with 180 beds, $100 million of budget, 1, 151 employees, 214 medical staff, 484 nurses and 348 dedicated volunteers. 

With three active, progressive and growing hospitals servicing the three cities and its surrounding townships, tricity living means you share in the high quality health care services provided within this strong and dedicated health care network. 

 

Tricity Hospitals
 
Grand River Hospital
Main: 519-742-3611
Auto: 519-749-4300
TDD: 519-749-4236

KW Health Care
P.O. Box 9056
835 King Street West
Kitchener, Ontario
Canada, N2G 1G3

Freeport Health Centre
P.O. Box 9056
3570 King Street East
Kitchener, Ontario
Canada, N2P 2G5

Regional Cancer Centre
P.O. Box 9056
835 King Street West
Kitchener, Ontario
Canada, N2G 1G3

St. Mary's General Hospital
911 Queen's Blvd.
Kitchener, Ontario
Canada, N2M 1B2
Phone: 519-749-6797
Fax: 519-749-6945
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Cambridge Memorial Hospital
700 Coronation Blvd.,
Cambridge, Ontario
Canada, N1R 3G2
Phone: 519-621-2330
Fax: 519-740-4958
TDD: 519-621-9180
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