Hospital type Teaching Helipad TC LID: CPK3 Founded 1848 | Emergency department Level I trauma center Phone +1 905-521-2100 Number of beds 607 | |
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Speciality Trauma and Cardiac Surgery Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hours Affiliated university McMaster University Medical School | ||
The Hamilton General Hospital (HGH) is a major teaching hospital in downtown Hamilton, Canada, on the corners of Barton Street East and Victoria Avenue North. It is operated by Hamilton Health Sciences and is formally affiliated with McMaster University Medical School.
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- Carestream drx revolution helps improve patient care at hamilton general hospital
- History
- Facilities
- Fundraising
- References
HGH is the busiest cardiac surgery hospital in Canada, performing over 1,600 open heart surgeries annually. The hospital generated C$182,000,000 of research income in 2013, second to the University Health Network amongst research hospitals in Canada, and representing 14.8% of its income.
Carestream drx revolution helps improve patient care at hamilton general hospital
History
Founded in 1848, the hospital became a part of Hamilton Health Sciences in 1996 when Hamilton General, Henderson General, McMaster University Medical Centre, McMaster Children's Hospital and Chedoke Hospital merged. This union formed one of the largest teaching hospitals in Ontario, operating across four sites with approximately 8,000 employees and 1,000 physicians. Other hospitals soon followed.
Facilities
The hospital is equipped with a rooftop helipad (TC LID: CPK3). Hamilton General Hospital is a regional centre of excellence specializing in cardiac and vascular care, neuroscience, trauma and burn treatment, stroke and rehabilitation. It is home to the state-of-the-art Dofasco Heart Investigation Unit; one of the province’s few rooftop heliports; a Level 1 trauma centre and the second busiest burn unit in Ontario. Also located at the General site are the Regional Rehabilitation Centre and the David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute.
The David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute is a research centre located behind the Hamilton General Hospital. It is home to more than 400 staff and researchers. The new building with 200,000 square feet (19,000 m2) opened 11 March 2010. At least 250 new jobs will be added to the local economy. David Braley, for whom the institute is named, contributed $10-million towards the project.
Fundraising
The Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation raises funds for capital projects, equipment and research needs of Hamilton General Hospital.