| Grand River Hospital | |
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| Location | |
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| Place | Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario, (Canada) |
| Organization | |
| Care System | Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP) |
| Hospital Type | General (KW), Chronic Care (Freeport) |
| Affiliated University | No official, but Conestoga College sends most health care students to study. The City of Kitchener (ˈkɪtʃɨnɚ is a City in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This article describes policy-related systems For the article on hospital networks which are sometimes referred to as health care systems see Hospital network. This article refers to medicare a name for Canada's publicly-funded health insurance system for hospital and physician services The Ontario Health Insurance Plan ( OHIP) is the government -run health plan for the Canadian province of Ontario. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a public college based in Kitchener Ontario in Canada. |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | Yes, at K-W Centre |
| Beds | 495 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1995 merger of K-W and Freeport Health Centres |
| Links | |
| Website | Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in Canada |
Grand River Hospital is a 495-bed hospital serving Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada and surrounding communities, primarily through the K-W Health Centre and the Freeport Health Centre, both located in Kitchener. This is a list of Hospitals in Canada. Alberta Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The City of Kitchener (ˈkɪtʃɨnɚ is a City in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The two health centres are formerly independent hospitals that merged in April 1995.
The hospital also provides programs at the Guelph Dialysis Centre in Guelph, Hazelglen in Cambridge, and 52 Glasgow Street Withdrawal Management Centre in Kitchener. Cambridge ( 2006 population 124371 is a city located on the Grand River and Speed River
Hospitals
K-W Health Centre
The K-W Health Centre is located on King Street West, near the Kitchener-Waterloo border. It was originally known as the Berlin-Waterloo Hospital, founded in 1895 on land donated by entrepreneur Joseph E. Seagram. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joseph Emm Seagram ( April 15, 1841 - August 18, 1919) was a Canadian distillery founder Politician, Philanthropist It later changed its name to K-W Hospital. The Grand River Regional Cancer Centre opened at this site in 2003.
Freeport Health Centre
The Freeport Health Centre is located on King Street East on the shore of the Grand River. It was formerly a tuberculosis sanatorium in the early 20th century, and in the late 1980s was transformed into a regional chronic care facility, as a new structure was built onto the previous one, expanding it. Cancer treatment, stroke recovery, breast clinic, gynecology clinic, physical rehabilitation amongst many of the Grand River Hospital offices are located at this site. A long term mental health wing is currently in development at this site. Currently, K-W only houses short term patients, the majority of long term being sent to neighbouring London, Ontario. London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457720 the city proper