Niagara Health System - Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital

Details

Name :

Niagara Health System - Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital

Address  :

176 Wellington

Town  :

NiagaraontheLake

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

L0S 1J0

Phone  :

905 378 4647

Fax  :

905 468 7690

Web URL  :

Niagara Health System  NiagaraontheLake Hospital
Specialization
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 22


Description

NiagaraontheLake
NiagaraontheLake Site in the heart of the historic old town opened as a cottage hospital in 1921 and its current location on Wellington Street was built in 1950 NOTL Site offers a unique hospitalbased Walkin Clinic where a nurse practitioner sees outpatients supported by a team of family physicians A supportive inpatient setting is also in place with a 22bed combined Complex Continuing Care and shortterm Acute Care unit This Site serves a catchment population of 14500
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