Halton Healthcare Services
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Halton Healthcare Services is a multi-site healthcare organization. It is composed of three community hospitals in Ontario, Canada. It serves the communities of Milton, Oakville, Clarkson and Halton Hills. The three hospitals serve over 200,000 residents. It is supported by more than 1,900 employees, 900 volunteers and 238 physicians.
[edit] Member Hospitals
The three community hospitals are:
- Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital- Opened in 1937 with four hospital beds. Its busy 24-hour emergency department experiences more than 43,800 visits annually, while over 114,000 patients visit its outpatient areas each year. With over 2,300 births a year, the Family Centred Maternal Child Program is also a hub of activity.
- Milton District Hospital- Opened in 1943 with ten hospital beds. The Emergency Department, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, together with the outpatient department provides care to more than 37,000 patients annually.
- Georgetown Hospital- Opened in 1964 with 64 hospital beds. The Emergency Department, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, provides service to more than 26,000 patients annually. The Hospital provides mostly primary care to the residents of the Town of Halton Hills, which include the towns and villages of: Acton, Ballinafad, Churchill (Hamlet), Georgetown, Glen Williams, Limehouse, Norval (Village of), Stewarttown and Terra Cotta.
[edit] Future Plans and Expansion
The region that HHS services is one of the fastest growing in Ontario, in order to cope with the growing population the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital is in the planning stages for relocation to a larger site. Also the Milton District Hospital is being planned for expansion and renovation.
