St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
St. Joseph's Health System
	Margaret and Charles Juravinski Centre in 2016
	Location in Ontario
Geography
Location	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°14′56″N 79°52′17″W / 43.24894°N 79.87151°W
Organization
Care system	Medicare (OHIP)
Funding	Public
Type	Specialized; teaching;
Affiliated university	McMaster University McMaster School of Nursing; Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine; ;
Network	St. Joseph's Health System
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	777
History
Former name(s)	St. Joseph's Hospital (1852–2000)
Opened	1852; 172 years ago
Links
Website	www.stjoes.ca
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton is a 777-bed research hospital and academic health science centre located in Hamilton, Ontario, that is affiliated with the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine of McMaster University as well as Mohawk College. It is part of the St. Joseph's Health System and serves as the regional kidney transplant centre for a population of approximately 1.2 million people.

With three locations in Hamilton, the hospital is known for being one of the top national institutions for robotic surgery and for having one of the largest kidney and urinary programs.^{[citation needed]} It's also first in Canada to partner a mental health worker with police to respond to a 911 crisis call.^{[citation needed]}

Other services include acute care, surgical and outpatient services at three locations.^[2]

Locations

Charlton Campus

St. Joseph's Healthcare's Charlton Campus is a busy, acute care centre that includes facilities such as the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, and the Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre. This location has 600 beds.^[3]

West 5th Campus

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton's West 5th Campus provides specialized tertiary mental health services for residents of Central South Region in Ontario, operating specialized mental health beds and providing leading-edge community services to thousands of outpatients.

The West 5th Campus recently underwent a major redevelopment. Construction began in January 2011 and the new building was completed in the summer of 2014. The new facility is approximately 800,000 square feet.

In 2019, the facility provided inpatient and outpatient care to those suffering with a severe mental illness or addiction, and more general medical outpatient clinics plus diagnostic imaging services. This campus is also known as the Margaret and Charles Juravinski Centre for Integrated Healthcare.^[4]

King Campus

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton's King Campus is a stand-alone facility that has pioneered models of ambulatory care and includes a robust Surgery Centre for cataract surgeries and a satellite dialysis centre. The Regional Eye Institute (providing eye care and cataract surgery) is located here; the site is primarily for outpatient services, including pain management, a Mature Women's Health Centre, a 39-bed satellite Dialysis Clinic, and education programs.^[5]

Programs

Bariatric Surgery
Cancer Care
Chest
Complex Care
Critical Care / ICU
Diabetes
Diagnostic Imaging
Emergency and Urgent Care
Emergency Preparedness
Family Medicine
Gastroenterology
General Internal Medicine
Kidney Transplant Program
Urologic surgery
Laboratory Medicine
Mental Health and Addictions Program
Outpatient
Orthopedics
Rehabilitation
Surgery
Women and Infants Care

References

^ "Our Vital Statistics - St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton".
^ "Melissa Farrell named new President of St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton". Newswire.ca. March 7, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
^ "Charlton Campus". St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
^ "West 5th Campus". St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
^ "King Campus". St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Retrieved May 7, 2020.

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