St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
St. Joseph's Health System
Margaret & Charles Juravinski Centre for Integrated Healthcare at St. Joseph's; 2016
Location in Ontario
Geography
Location	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°14′56″N 79°52′17″W / 43.24894°N 79.87151°W / 43.24894; -79.87151Coordinates: 43°14′56″N 79°52′17″W / 43.24894°N 79.87151°W / 43.24894; -79.87151
Organization
Care system	Medicare (Ontario Health Insurance Plan)
Type	Teaching, Specialist
Affiliated university	McMaster School of Nursing, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine (McMaster University)
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	777[1]
History
Opened	1852
Links
Website	www.stjoes.ca
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton is a 777-bed academic and research hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada that is affiliated with the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine of McMaster University as well as Mohawk College. It is part of the St. Joseph's Health System and serves as the regional kidney transplant centre for a population of approximately 1.2 million people.

With three locations in Hamilton, the hospital is known for being one of the top national institutions for robotic surgery and for having one of the largest kidney and urinary programs.^{[citation needed]} It's also first in Canada to partner a mental health worker with police to respond to a 911 crisis call.^{[citation needed]}

Other services include acute care, surgical and outpatient services at three locations.^[2]

Locations[]

Charlton Campus[]

Location:

43°14′56″N 79°52′17″W / 43.24894°N 79.87151°W / 43.24894; -79.87151
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton's Charlton campus is a busy, acute care centre that includes facilities such as the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, and the Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre. This location has 600 beds.^[3]

West 5th Campus[]

Location:

43°14′25″N 79°53′03″W / 43.24038°N 79.88415°W / 43.24038; -79.88415
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton's West 5th Campus provides specialized tertiary mental health services for residents of Central South Region in Ontario, operating specialized mental health beds and providing leading-edge community services to thousands of outpatients.

The West 5th Campus recently underwent a major redevelopment. Construction began in January 2011 and the new building was completed in the summer of 2014. The new facility is approximately 800,000 square feet.

In 2019, the facility provided inpatient and outpatient care to those suffering with a severe mental illness or addiction, and more general medical outpatient clinics plus diagnostic imaging services. This campus is also known as the Margaret and Charles Juravinski Centre for Integrated Healthcare.^[4]

King Campus[]

Location:

43°13′19″N 79°46′27″W / 43.22184°N 79.77415°W / 43.22184; -79.77415
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton's King Campus is a stand-alone facility that has pioneered models of ambulatory care and includes a robust Surgery Centre for cataract surgeries and a satellite dialysis centre. The Regional Eye Institute (providing eye care and cataract surgery) is located here; the site is primarily for outpatient services, including pain management, a Mature Women's Health Centre, a 39-bed satellite Dialysis Clinic, and education programs.^[5]

Programs[]

References[]

External links[]

• St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton