Grand River Hospital
Grand River Hospital is a hospital located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The hospital operates two campuses, Kitchener-Waterloo Health Centre and Freeport Health Centre, which were independent hospitals that merged to form Grand River Hospital in April 1995.
| Grand River Hospital | |
|---|---|
KW Health Centre of the Grand River Hospital | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43.4564°N 80.5122°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) |
| Type | General (KW), chronic care (Freeport) |
| Affiliated university | Conestoga College, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 665 |
| Helipad | TC LID: CNK9 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1995 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.grhosp.on.ca/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
The hospital has over 650 beds and 15 specialized programs and services: surgery, children's program, childbirth, medical imaging, mental health and addictions, withdrawal management, medicine, stroke, complex continuing care, rehabilitation, cancer, critical care, renal, emergency, pharmacy and lab. The hospital also provides renal dialysis and cancer satellite programs in Guelph, Palmerston, Fergus and Mt Forest Centre in Guelph, along with the Hazelglen Outreach Mental Health service in Kitchener.
On September 22, 2019, Grand River Hospital integrated all of their systems into a new central computer system in order to improve efficiency for patient care.