Cowichan District Hospital

Name :

Cowichan District Hospital

Address  :

3045 Gibbins Road

Town  :

Duncan

State  :

British Columbia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

V9L 1E5

Phone  :

250 746 4141

Web URL  :

Cowichan District Hospital

Description

The Cowichan District Hospital provides a full range of diagnostic and acute care services for the residents of the Cowichan Region The Order of the Kings Daughters and Sons opened the sixbed hospital in 1911 It maintained responsibility for the hospital until 1932 when the then 60 bed facility was turned over to the Cowichan District Hospital Association The Vancouver Island Health Authority currently manages the hospital

The present hospital building at 3045 Gibbins Road was opened in 1967 and Cairnsmore Place the extended care facility was opened on the site of the former Kings Daughters and Sons Hospital on July 1 1973
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