Victoria General Hospital | |
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Island Health | |
Geography | |
Location | 1 Hospital Way, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 6R5, Canada |
Coordinates | 48°28′02″N 123°25′57″W / 48.467222°N 123.4325°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) |
Type | General |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes (II trauma centre) |
Beds | 374[1] |
Helipad | TC LID: CBW7 |
History | |
Opened | 1876 (original hospital) 1983 (current hospital) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
Victoria General Hospital (VGH) is an acute care facility located in View Royal, British Columbia, Canada, a western suburb of Victoria. VGH provides emergency, general surgery and medical treatment services. It is one of two acute-care hospitals on southern Vancouver Island, along with the Royal Jubilee Hospital. VGH is the only one of the two hospitals which provides maternity services.
The facility has 344 acute care beds, 30 Neuro-Rehabilitation beds and 40 Geriatric Ward beds.[2] It is also a teaching hospital for UBC's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.[3]