Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie
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The Royal Victoria Hospital, is an Advanced Level II facility, serving the needs of the population of Barrie and surrounding area. The facility is located at 201 Georgian Drive in Barrie
, Ontario
, Canada
.
Royal Victoria Hospital is a 299-bed acute care facility. With a team of over 200 physicians, 1,800 staff members and 1,100 volunteers, the RVH provides healthcare specializing in cancer care, surgical services
, critical care, mental health
rehabilitation services, as well as women
and children's programs
.
The Royal Victoria Hospital is the only hospital in Barrie and is the regional hospital for a large geographical region including Simcoe County and the districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound
.
The hospital dates to 1891, when it was known as the "Barrie General Hospital", which was located on Duckworth Street near Ardagh's Grove. The facility has relocated and expanded many times since its inception.
There are in excess of 80,000 visits to the emergency room
, annually. RVH has 2,400 births each year. Since opening in 1997, activities across the board have virtually doubled.
Phase 1
Phase one includes a $450 million redevelopment and expansion project that will almost double the size of the hospital, adding an additional 400000 square feet (37,161.2 m²) of space, and capacity for 165 additional inpatient beds, including a dedicated Coronary Care Unit; significant expansions of the Emergency Department, Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory and two additional Operating Rooms. In addition to the significant expansion, another 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) of the current facility will undergo extensive renovations. Phase 1 is expected to be complete in early 2012.
The main features of the Phase 1 expansion include:
Phase 2
As Phase 1 nears completion, Phase 2 will begin. Phase 2 will consist of significant renovations to the existing hospital, including construction of new operating rooms, more patient beds, construction/update to the special care nursery (neonatal unit) and an expansion to the surgical unit.
Barrie
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, Ontario
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, Canada
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Royal Victoria Hospital is a 299-bed acute care facility. With a team of over 200 physicians, 1,800 staff members and 1,100 volunteers, the RVH provides healthcare specializing in cancer care, surgical services
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
, critical care, mental health
Mental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
rehabilitation services, as well as women
Women's health
Women's health refers to health issues specific to human female anatomy. These often relate to structures such as female genitalia and breasts or to conditions caused by hormones specific to, or most notable in, females. Women's health issues include menstruation, contraception, maternal health,...
and children's programs
Pediatrics
Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
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The Royal Victoria Hospital is the only hospital in Barrie and is the regional hospital for a large geographical region including Simcoe County and the districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound
Parry Sound District, Ontario
Parry Sound District is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its seat is Parry Sound. Its boundaries are Muskoka to the south, the Sudbury District, the French River and Lake Nipissing in the north, Nipissing District, Ontario and North Bay in the north and east and parts of...
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The hospital dates to 1891, when it was known as the "Barrie General Hospital", which was located on Duckworth Street near Ardagh's Grove. The facility has relocated and expanded many times since its inception.
Facilities
The number of beds is broken down as follows:- 40 Complex Continuing Care beds
- 16 Critical Care beds
- 25 Mental Health beds
- 170 General Medical/Surgical beds
- 22 ObstetricalObstetricsObstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
beds - 9 PaediatricPediatricsPediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
beds - 14 Rehabilitation beds
- Advanced Level II Special Care Nursery
There are in excess of 80,000 visits to the emergency room
Emergency department
An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...
, annually. RVH has 2,400 births each year. Since opening in 1997, activities across the board have virtually doubled.
Expansion
In 2009, Royal Victoria Hospital embarked on the largest capital project in its history. The expansion program has been broken into Phase 1 and Phase 2.Phase 1
Phase one includes a $450 million redevelopment and expansion project that will almost double the size of the hospital, adding an additional 400000 square feet (37,161.2 m²) of space, and capacity for 165 additional inpatient beds, including a dedicated Coronary Care Unit; significant expansions of the Emergency Department, Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory and two additional Operating Rooms. In addition to the significant expansion, another 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) of the current facility will undergo extensive renovations. Phase 1 is expected to be complete in early 2012.
The main features of the Phase 1 expansion include:
- The Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre, which will log more than 65,000 patient visits in its first year
- 165 new inpatient beds, including a dedicated Coronary Care Unit for critically ill cardiac patients
- An Emergency Department that will triple in size and includes a trauma unit, isolation ward and mental health crisis team
- An expanded Diagnostic Imaging Department will double in size to increase patient flow and privacy
- An expanded Laboratory
- Two new Operating Rooms which are larger than existing suites for complex surgeries
- Expansion space for two future patient care units
- "Rotary House", a residential lodge for cancer patients and their families who live more than 40 kilometres outside Barrie.
Phase 2
As Phase 1 nears completion, Phase 2 will begin. Phase 2 will consist of significant renovations to the existing hospital, including construction of new operating rooms, more patient beds, construction/update to the special care nursery (neonatal unit) and an expansion to the surgical unit.