Care system Medicare Emergency department Yes Phone +1 250-862-4000 | Hospital type General, Teaching Helipad TC LID: CKH9 Number of beds 711 Founded 1908 | |
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Address 2268 Pandosy St, Kelowna, BC V1Y 1T2, Canada | ||
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Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) is a large medical facility located in Kelowna, British Columbia and offers medical care in the Central Okanagan. In British Columbia, Kelowna General is the only hospital outside the Lower Mainland or Vancouver Island that performs angioplasty or cardiac surgery. It is one of the largest hospitals in Western Canada with more than 700 beds.
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- Kelowna general hospital patient and family centred care month 2015 flash mob
- Southern medical program students training at kelowna general hospital
- History
- 2007 Hospital Expansion
- References
Interior Health is responsible for the operations of the hospital.
Southern medical program students training at kelowna general hospital
History
Kelowna General Hospital originally opened on August 2, 1908 with 19 beds on the land that was donated by Kelowna Land & Orchard Company. This building remained until 1940 when a new hospital building was constructed. The 72-year-old Pandosy Building was demolished in Summer 2012 to make way for a cardiac clinic. In 1969, the five storey Strathcona building was constructed, followed by the five storey Royal Building in 1992. Construction of the new six storey Centennial Tower began in 2008, part of an $800 million capital investment in health care for the Central and North Okanagan since 2007. It was completed on May 27, 2012.
2007 Hospital Expansion
Plans to expand Kelowna General Hospital were approved in 2007 to support growing population in the region.