Community Hospital, O'Leary

Name :

Community Hospital, O'Leary

Address  :

14 MacKinnon Drive
PO Box 160

Town  :

OLeary

State  :

Prince Edward Island

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

C0B 1V0

Phone  :

902 859 8700

Fax  :

902 859 8774

Web URL  :

Community Hospital OLeary

Description

Community Hospital OLeary was founded in 1957 Today it is home to a wide array of services including 13 acute care in patient beds which provides palliative care convalescentrestorative care and acute care services as defined by the house physician The Urgent Care Centre provides assessment diagnostic and treatment services for medical problems that require prompt attention but are not life threatening Other services offered to the public within this modern facility include laboratory radiology pharmacy physiotherapy nutrition counselling and occupational therapy Other programs include Home Care and Support Public Health Nursing and the Diabetes Education Program
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