Lakeshore General Hospital
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The Lakeshore General Hospital (LGH) is a Canadian
acute care
institution located in Pointe-Claire, Quebec
, a suburban municipality near Montreal
. The hospital employs 1,200 employees and contains 257 beds, and serves an estimated population of 377,000 in the West Island
region of Montreal.
The LGH is situated close to major highway arteries such as Highways 13, 20, 40, and 520 and is often called upon to treat and stabilize accident victims. Its emergency room is one of the busiest for distress cases in Montreal with over 72,000 visits annually.
The Lakeshore General Hospital opened its doors in 1965. It is part of the Centre de santé et de services sociaux de l'Ouest-de-l'Île (West-Island Health and Social Service Centre).
Canada
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acute care
Acute care
Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery...
institution located in Pointe-Claire, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, a suburban municipality near Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. The hospital employs 1,200 employees and contains 257 beds, and serves an estimated population of 377,000 in the West Island
West Island
The West Island is the unofficial name given to the western cities and boroughs of the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada...
region of Montreal.
The LGH is situated close to major highway arteries such as Highways 13, 20, 40, and 520 and is often called upon to treat and stabilize accident victims. Its emergency room is one of the busiest for distress cases in Montreal with over 72,000 visits annually.
The Lakeshore General Hospital opened its doors in 1965. It is part of the Centre de santé et de services sociaux de l'Ouest-de-l'Île (West-Island Health and Social Service Centre).