North Wellington Health Care Corporation

Name :

North Wellington Health Care Corporation

Address  :

525 Dublin Street

Town  :

Mount Forest

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

N0G 2L3

Phone  :

519 323 3333 ext. 2256

Fax  :

519 323 2096

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Cardiology
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Dentistry
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Oncologist
  • Urology

Description

North Wellington Health Care is a regional provider of primary and secondary health services to the people of North Wellington County and to parts of its adjacent counties Grey and Perth Our area has a population base approaching 30000 people

The North Wellington Health Care Corporation was formed on September 1st 2001 through the amalgamation of the Palmerston District and Louise Marshall Hospitals Our two acute care hospitals voluntarily merged after having worked together since 1996 in a formal alliance where we shared administrative and support services

On October 1 2005 North Wellington Health Care formed an administrative alliance with Groves Memorial Community Hospital in Fergus The Wellington Health Care Alliance shares the Chief Executive Officer and a senior management team

North Wellington Health Care continues to deliver high quality and appropriate health care services to the people of the area through our two fullyaccredited hospital sites in Mount Forest and Palmerston Both hospitals operate 24hour emergency departments deliver obstetrical services and provide a comprehensive range of medical and surgical inpatient care and outpatient or ambulatory care services

The Corporation employs more than 200 highly skilled staff and has an active medical staff of 13 family and general practitioners across both sites Our local medical staff is supplemented by specialists who travel to our sites from nearby referral centres such as Guelph Stratford and KitchenerWaterloo to provide necessary support Tertiary level services are accessed through Hamilton London and Toronto

We are committed to continuously investing in our hospitals Comprehensive laboratory services select rehabilitation therapies and stateoftheart digital imaging equipment provide us with the tools and expertise to support our clinical operations A satellite cancer clinic which is part of the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre operates from the Louise Marshall Hospital and a regional dialysis unit operated by Grand River Hospital is at the Palmerston and District Hospital

We are privileged to have active and enthusiastic volunteers on our Board of Directors and on the Boards of our two sitespecific Foundations and Auxiliaries

North Wellington Health Care continues to work closely with our local health partners in the WaterlooWellington Local Health Integration Network LHIN area These partnerships bode well for improving the level of services available locally and will facilitate access for our citizens to those services available in neighbouring referral centres
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