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Richmond Hospital
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- Anaesthesiology
- Cardiology
- ENT
- Gastro-enterology
- General Surgeon
- Gynaecology
- Neuro Surgeon
- Neurologist
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Paediatrics
- Pathology Lab
- Plastic Surgery
- Psychiatrist
- Urology
- Vascular Surgeon
Total Number Of Beds : 175
Other Facilities
- X-Ray
Description
About Richmond Hospital
Richmond Hospital with 175 beds is a large community hospital serving the needs of residents in Richmond Delta as well as travelers using the Vancouver International Airport and BC Ferries Services provided at Richmond Hospital include Emergency Ambulatory Care Diagnostics Intensive Care and Coronary Care Maternity Psychiatry and Surgery
History
Richmond Hospital first opened February 26 1966 with 132 bedscitation needed It was first known as Richmond General Hospital The first patient was admitted and the first baby was born in the hospital on March 17 1966citation needed The original building is now known as the quotNorth Towerquot the quotSouth Towerquot was completed in 1980 In 1992 Richmond General Hospital was rebranded as quotThe Richmond Hospitalquot while the Minoru Residence extended care facility was opened two years later
In 1997 the Westminster Health Centre building was opened to house administration psychiatry and ambulatory care The same year the hospital was amalgamated with the VancouverRichmond Health Board In 1999 due to space opened up by opening the Westminster building the Emergency Department and Diagnostic Imaging were considerably expanded
The VancouverRichmond Health Board was restructured to become part of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority which includes quotRichmond Health Servicesquot as the local umbrella organization The hospital is currently part of Richmond Health Services and now known simply as quotRichmond Hospitalquot without the quotThequot
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