Hospital type General Helipad TC LID: CPE2 Phone +1 905-683-2320 Number of beds 144 | Emergency department Yes Website www.rougevalley.ca Province Ontario Founded 1954 | |
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Location Ajax, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada Care system Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP) Address 580 Harwood Ave S, Ajax, ON L1S 2J4, Canada Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Similar The Scarboro Hospital, Markham Stouffville Hospital, The Scarboro Hospital, North York General Hospital, Ontario Shores Centre for | ||
Lakeridge Health Ajax and Pickering (formerly Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering) is a hospital in Ajax, Ontario that operates as part of the Lakeridge Health network.
It was founded in 1954 as the Ajax and Pickering General Hospital with 38 patient beds. New four-storey wings were added in 1964 and 1994. A major $80 million redevelopment project was completed in 2010. Almost 25 percent of the hospital was renovated.
Management of the site was transferred from Rouge Valley Health System to Lakeridge Health effective December 1, 2016.
Services
The hospital has a capacity of 144 beds, and is raising $5 million to procure a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine to support the large population growth in the area. The Emergency Department was originally designed to accommodate 20,000 visits a year, but now routinely handles 45,000. It is equipped with a helipad for medical evacuations.