Charlotte County Hospital

Name :

Charlotte County Hospital

Address  :

4 Garden Street

Town  :

St Stephen

State  :

New Brunswick

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

E3L 2L9

Phone  :

506 465 4444

Web URL  :

Charlotte County Hospital

Description

The Charlotte County Hospital a 44bed facility located in St Stephen is equipped to provide many emergency ambulatory diagnostic and rehabilitative services

Inpatient services include family medicine surgery restorative health and palliative care A 4bed concentrated care unit follows not only cardiac patients but any patient needing constant supervision and advanced medical care Oncology outreach services allow patients to receive second and subsequent chemotherapy treatments in their own community Outpatient services include the Sexual Health clinic Cardiac Risk clinic Healthy Lung clinic Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory Services In fact 550 to 600 people present to these clinics every month

Additional outpatientrehabilitative services include physiotherapy speechlanguage pathology respiratory therapy occupational therapy adult and youth addiction counseling diabetic education and a clinical dietitian on staff Charlotte County residents are served by a 24hour emergency service
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