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About Us
The North Bay Regional Health Centre NBRHC includes the District Hospital and the Regional Mental Health Centre NBRHC opened for patient care on January 30 2011 For the first time ever in Canada we have an acute care hospital serving North Bay and district and a regional specialized mental health centre providing specialized mental health services to all of northeast Ontario colocated on the same site

The North Bay Regional Health Centre District Hospital provides acute care services to North Bay and its surrounding communities It works closely with smaller community hospitals in the areaMattawa Temiscaming and West Nipissing General Hospitalsand provides specialist services to the area It is one of four major hospitals serving northeast Ontario the others being Sault Area Hospital Timmins and District Hospital and the Hocircpital reacutegional Sudbury Regional Hospital HRSRH HRSRH also serves as the regional service provider for all of northeast Ontario and provides specialist services in Cardiology Trauma and Cancer Care Ontario services

The North Bay Regional Health Centre District Hospital is committed to providing compassionate quality patientfocused care to the people of North Bay and surrounding areas

As a district referral centre the North Bay General Hospital has served the families of North Bay and the surrounding district for over 100 years Previously two separate hospitals the 228bed NBGH is a result of the merger in 1995 of North Bays Civic Hospital and the St Josephs Hospital and the addition of 40 acute mental health beds from the Northeast Mental Health Centre in 2009 Over the next three years of occupancy in the new NBRHC the NBGH will increase its bed numbers to a total of 275 the increase being in Complex Continuing Care Rehabilitation and Critical Care

NBRHC DH is truly a community hospital with more than 95 of family physicians in North Bay actively participating in patient care Given the relatively small size of its community NBRHC DH offers a wide range of programs and services Our staff and physicians maintain high standards and are flexible and innovative ready to try new approaches and programs always improving patient care Patients and their families repeatedly tell us that they appreciate the warm and skillful care they receive at our hospital

The NBGH and the Northeast Mental Health Centre have been working together for years as they developed the new NBRHC and in November 2009 the Boards of the respective hospitals announced that they will recommend an amalgamation of the two service providers and the creation of a new organization It is expected this new organization will become official April 1 2011 and will be known as the North Bay Regional Health Centre which includes a District Hospital and a Regional Mental Health Centre

Mission
The North Bay Regional Health Centre provides safe integrated high quality client focused care in its dual role as a district referral hospital and a specialized regional mental health centre for northeast Ontario

Vision
The North Bay Regional Health Centre is dedicated to the optimal physical and mental health and well being of those we serve

Values
With Pride We Care

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Excellence

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History

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In 1899 the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada established one of their Cottage Hospitals in North Bay and placed a VON Nurse in charge The Cottage Hospitals at that time were styled and known as quotThe Queen Victoria Cottage Hospitalquot in commemoration of the life of Queen Victoria

Due to the need for more adequate accommodation a temporary hospital was opened in 1902 and in 1904 The Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital was built on Klock Avenue since renamed Algonquin Avenue

The construction and equipment of this building was financed through a grant from the quotLady Minto Hospital Fundquot which had been set up by the wife of Canadas GovernorGeneral at that time under the jurisdiction of the Board of Governors of the Order

The Hospital was governed by a local organization constituted in accordance with the Charter and Bylaws of the Victorian Order and a Board of Managers

Additional building took place in 1907 and a wing was added in 1910 which brought the accommodation to 46 beds and 10 bassinets for patient care

On December 31 1924 the Victorian Order severed its connection with the remaining Cottage Hospitals and North Bay was one of these This meant that from this time on the hospital would be entirely selfgoverning

In 1931 by a special Act of Parliament the City of North Bay was authorized to accept and hold the property and to operate and maintain the same as a Civic general hospital The Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital from then on was governed by North Bay Hospital Commission appointed by the City Council

The hospital served as a training school for nurses until 1933 The time came when the continued growth of the city and surrounding area made it necessary to ask the Government for permission to build a new modern 100bed civic hospital which was granted in 1949 The present site was chosen and the building of a new million dollar hospital got under way The official opening of the quotNorth Bay Civic Hospitalquot took place on Sunday April 8 1951

In 1959 a firm of hospital consultants was engaged to make a further survey of our facilities and the projected requirements of the area

Following receipt of their report and the approval of the various authorities concerned construction began on March 16 1965 on the 4000000 addition The construction was completed in 1969 and the formal opening ceremony was held on December 11 1968 when the Ontario Minister of Health the Honourable M B Dymond MD officiated

An addition to the Emergency Department was completed and opened in July 9 1991 in order to house a 12 bed observation unit

The hospital operated with 193 beds until late 1991 at which time the severe financial constraints impacting on transfer payments necessitated the closure of 20 beds 16 surgical 4 continuing care and associated staff layoffs Nursing units were restructured to allow for longterm care to be consolidated on 4 West and the opening of a dedicated shortstay surgical unit The implementation of innovative programs including preadmission clinic central booking same day of surgery admission and estimated date of discharge allowed us to retain our surgical programs and respond well to the economic challenges

Major initiatives in rationalization and shared services occurred in 1992 with the agreement to operate a single pediatrics inpatient unit at St Josephs and unified chemotherapy clinic on 6 West at Civic Further discussion with St Josephs on amalgamation continued into 1993 covering areas such as ambulatory surgery food services occupational safety and the eventual objective of single governance of one acute care structure

In 1995 St Josephs General Hospital and the North Bay Civic Hospital consolidated to become the North Bay General Hospital In 1999 final directions of the Health Services Restructuring Commission recommends a new North Bay General Hospital on a new site which will involve the closure of the existing facilities The functional planning for this new health centre was completed in 2000 with the design phase beginning in 2001

In 2004 the North Bay General Hospital Foundation raises 182M towards the communitys share for the new centre