Helipad Yes Number of beds 800 Founded 1973 | Emergency department Yes Phone +1 204-787-3661 | |
Care system Public Medicare (Canada) Address 820 Sherbrook St, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9, Canada Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hours Similar St Boniface General, Concordia Hospital, Victoria General Hospital, Seven Oaks General, Deer Lodge Centre Profiles | ||
The Health Sciences Centre is the largest hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and one of the largest in Canada. It serves the residents of Northwest Ontario and Nunavut as both a teaching hospital and as a research centre. The Health Sciences Center is a tertiary care hospital, encompassing many different specialty medical and surgical services. The University of Manitoba has its Faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, as well as Physiotherapy, Respiratory Therapy and Occupational Therapy, located on the 32-acre (13 ha) campus.
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The Health Sciences Centre employs around 6000 people. A few other health related institutions are located adjacent to the hospital. The Cadham Provincial Laboratory is located next door to the hospital and is the main research and investigative arm of the government of Manitoba for infectious disease. The Canadian Blood Services main building is located across the street from the hospital.
History
The Health Sciences Centre was established in 1973 by the government of Manitoba. It combined the Winnipeg General Hospital, The Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, The Manitoba Rehabilitation Hospital and the D.A. Stewart Centre (Respiratory Hospital) into a campus with one administration. In 2000, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority took over the Health Sciences Centre as an operating division of the authority. On November 28th 2016 the new hsc helipad opened up on top of the diagnostic imagining centre
Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine
The $25-million Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine, a project announced in June 2005 and completed in 2012, is a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) centre that focusses on neuroscience, infectious disease, advanced imaging and medical information. It houses 300 researchers and staff and attracts visiting physicians from across the country.
ER death
In November 2008, the hospital was cleared in the death of a homeless man in September 2008 by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. Brian Sinclair died while being left in the waiting area for the hospital's emergency room, for thirty-five hours, of a bladder infection. The death has prompted changes in the hospital's triage system.