The Etobicoke General Hospital is a community hospital located at 101 Humber College Boulevard in the

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district of

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, Canada. Etobicoke General Hospital serves the communities of Etobicoke, Brampton, Mississauga, Caledon, and Woodbridge.

Overview

The hospital has 262 hospital beds and serves over 230 000 residents in

and the surrounding areas. Annually, the hospital has over 50,270

outpatients A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health ca ...

, 15,785 inpatients, and has 70,000 emergency visits. It employs 1026

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, and has more than 200 affiliated

family physicians Family medicine is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primary ...

and specialists. It also has 400 dedicated volunteers including a wide variety of co-operative education students. It is a member of the

William Osler Health System William Osler Health System, formerly William Osler Health Centre, is a hospital network in Ontario, Canada that serves the city of Brampton and the northern portion of the western Toronto district of Etobicoke. The network is named for Canadia ...

group of hospitals.

History

The original hospital building was opened in 1972, following governmental investment and a major donations push led by a group of local volunteers. Although rearrangement and renovation followed over the decades since the hospital's opening, further expansion would occur more than 40 years later. In 2018, Osler opened the Etobicoke Wellness Centre (EWC). The Wellness Centre represents a partnership between the hospital and various external partners, such as independent physicians and private businesses. It houses a number of Etobicoke General outpatient services, such as a fracture clinic, a pre-anesthesia care unit, diagnostic imaging, a diabetes education centre, and a 15-machine hemodialysis unit, newly opened in April 2020. The remainder of the building is dedicated to private clinics and businesses, such as LifeLabs. Immediately following the opening of the Etobicoke Wellness Centre, a new patient tower (nicknamed the "west wing") was opened in June 2019. The patient tower houses a new emergency department, ICU, birthing unit, neonatal ICU, and a number of outpatient clinics.

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