IWK Health Centre

IWK Health Centre
IWK Health Centre is located in Nova Scotia
IWK Health Centre
Location in Nova Scotia
Geography
Location
  • 5850 University Avenue (pediatric)
  • 5980 University Avenue (maternity)
, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Coordinates44°38′16″N 63°35′03″W / 44.637639°N 63.58425°W / 44.637639; -63.58425
Organization
Care systemPublic Medicare (Canada)
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityDalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentTertiary trauma center
SpecialityPediatric, maternity
HelipadTC LID: CIW2
History
Opened1909
Links
Websitewww.iwk.nshealth.ca
ListsHospitals in Canada

IWK Health is a major women's and children's (pediatric) hospital and trauma centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia that provides care to maritime youth, children and women from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and beyond. The IWK is the largest facility in Atlantic Canada caring for children, youth and adolescents, and is the only Level 1 pediatric trauma centre east of Quebec.