Chapleau General Hospital

Details

Name :

Chapleau General Hospital

Address  :

6 Broomhead Road

Town  :

Chapleau

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

P0M 1K0

Phone  :

705 864 1520

Fax  :

705 864 0449

Web URL  :


Description

CHS General Hospital
Chapleau General Hospital with 14 acute care beds provides primary care in general medicine 24hour emergency services 24 hour laboratory and diagnostic imaging and occupational therapy There is a medical videoconferencing and rehabilitation service facility that links patients to specialists provincewide The hospital is presently installing PACS technology in its diagnostic imaging department which will be operational by the end of 2005 The hospital also offers a variety of specialty clinics that includes Diabetes education Oncology Visiting paediatrician Visiting urologist Advanced footcare Dietician counselling Visiting Nurse Practitioner Well Woman Clinic


History

History and Culture
Rich History and Culture
The earliest Europeans came to work for the Hudson Bay Company who established a fur trading post on Big Missinaibi Lake in 1777 about 50 miles north of Chapleau In 1885 the Canadian Pacific Railway was built through the Chapleau area and that is how the town began

Chapleau is referred to by its community and visitors as the quotGateway to the Largest Crown Game Preserve in the Worldquot This is due to Chapleaus location at the foot of the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve a protected wildlife habitat covering over 7000 square kilometres

Being so close to an abundance of wildlife and unspoiled nature has transformed this town into a hotspot for tourists sportsmen and visitors alike Many of Chapleaus longtime residents were once visitors who were taken by the unsurpassed beauty and tranquility offered here
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