Chilliwack General Hospital

Coordinates: 49°10′0″N 121°57′49″W / 49.16667°N 121.96361°W

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Chilliwack General Hospital
Fraser Health

Geography
Location	45600 Menholm Road, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates	49°10′0″N 121°57′49″W / 49.16667°N 121.96361°W / 49.16667; -121.96361
Organization
Care system	Public Medicare (Canada)
Type	Community
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	169
History
Opened	February 28, 1912
Links
Website	www.fraserhealth.ca/Service-Directory/Locations/Chilliwack/chilliwack-general-hospital
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

Chilliwack General Hospital is a community hospital facility located in Chilliwack, British Columbia, which is operated by the Fraser Health Authority (FHA).

History

Opened on February 28, 1912,^[1] the original building was replaced by a new hospital building, opened on June 19, 1940.^[2]^[3]

In 1993, Chilliwack General Hospital was the first hospital in British Columbia to adopt Patient Focused Care (PFC), a consultant driven approach to providing healthcare services. Both St. Boniface General Hospital and the Winnipeg Health Science Centre had previously adopted the solution in Canada.^[4]

A $35 million expansion to the hospital's healthcare facilities was opened in 2011.^[5]

Chilliwack General Hospital is an affiliated hospital with the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. Classified as an Affiliated Region Center,^[6] the hospital is a training facility for the Family Medicine Residency Program.^[7]

Philanthropy

The hospital's capital costs are financially supported by both the Chilliwack Hospital Foundation and the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation.^[8]^[9]

Amenities

Chilliwack General Hospital offers numerous healthcare services including:^[10]^[11]

24/7 Emergency services
- Emergency medicine
Internal medicine
Orthopedics
Urology
Obstetrics and gynecology
Ophthalmology
ENT
Pediatrics
Radiology
Psychiatry
Pathology
Anesthesia
Geriatrics
Palliative care

References

^ "Chilliwack Hospital Officially Opened". The Chilliwack Progress. Chilliwack. March 6, 1912. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
^ "District's New $120,000 Hospital Officially Declared Open by Deputy Provincial Secretary This Afternoon". The Chilliwack Progress. Chilliwack. June 29, 1940. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
^ "Chilliwack General Hospital - City of Chilliwack". www.chilliwack.com. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
^ Armstrong, Pat; Amaratunga, Carol; Bernier, Jocelyne (January 1, 2001). Exposing Privatization: Women and Health Care Reform in Canada. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-55193-037-4.
^ "$35 Million Expansion to Chilliwack General Hospital". Minuteman Press Print Services. March 9, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
^ "Campuses". UBC Faculty of Medicine. November 5, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
^ "Chilliwack | Family Practice - CARMS". carms.familymed.ubc.ca. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
^ "CHF: Your Foundation for Health - Home". www.chilliwackhospitalfoundation.org. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
^ "Homepage • Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation". Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
^ "Chilliwack General Hospital". www.fraserhealth.ca. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
^ "UBC FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM -CHILLIWACK SITE" (PDF). UBC FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM.

External links

v t e Hospitals in the Lower Mainland
Abbotsford	Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre
Burnaby	Burnaby Hospital
Chilliwack	Chilliwack General Hospital
Delta	Delta Hospital
Hope	Fraser Canyon Hospital
Township of Langley	Langley Memorial Hospital
Mission	Mission Memorial Hospital
New Westminster	Royal Columbian Hospital
North Vancouver	Lions Gate Hospital
Maple Ridge	Ridge Meadows Hospital
Port Moody	Eagle Ridge Hospital
Richmond	Richmond Hospital
Surrey	Surrey Memorial Hospital
Vancouver	B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre British Columbia's Children's Hospital Mount Saint Joseph Hospital St. Paul's Hospital Vancouver General Hospital UBC Hospital
White Rock	Peace Arch Hospital

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