Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering
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Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering is a hospital in Ajax
, Ontario
. It is part of the Rouge Valley Health System.
A major $80 million redevelopment project was completed in 2010. Almost 25 percent of the hospital was renovated.
(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.
Ajax, Ontario
Ajax is a town in the Durham Region in the Greater Toronto Area.The town is named for the HMS Ajax a Royal Navy cruiser that served in World War II. Ajax is a part of the Greater Toronto Area and the...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. It is part of the Rouge Valley Health System.
History
The hospital 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.
Services
The hospital has a capacity of 144 beds, and is raising $5 million to procure a new magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures...
(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
Helipad
Helipad is a common abbreviation for helicopter landing pad, a landing area for helicopters. While helicopters are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard surface away from obstacles where a helicopter can safely...
for medical evacuations.