Rouge Valley Health System (RVHS) was a hospital network in the province of
Ontario
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, Canada. It was created in 1998 through the merger of
Centenary Health Centre in
Toronto
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and the
Ajax and Pickering General Hospital in
Ajax
Ajax may refer to:
Greek mythology and tragedy
* Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea
* Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris
* ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Greek ...
, serving the communities of
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
,
Pickering, Ajax and
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Clif ...
. It was part of the Central-East
Local Health Integration Network {{for, the superseding agency, Ontario Health (agency)
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as mandated by the Ontario
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
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The ministry is responsible to the Ontario Legislature through the minister of health, presentl ...
. The two hospitals were known as th Rouge Valley Centenary and Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering respectively.
In 2016, Rouge Valley Health Network was defunct after Rouge Valley Centenary partnered with
The Scarborough Hospital
Scarborough Health Network (SHN) is a hospital network in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It operates the Scarborough General, Centenary, and Birchmount hospitals. The three are major community health hospitals with teaching affiliations ...
to form the
Scarborough Health Network
Scarborough Health Network (SHN) is a hospital network in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It operates the Scarborough General, Centenary, and Birchmount hospitals. The three are major community health hospitals with teaching affiliations ...
while Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering joined
Lakeridge Health
Lakeridge Health is a health system and hospital network serving Durham Region, Ontario in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area. It operates four acute hospitals with emergency departments ( Lakeridge Health Bowmanville, Lakeridge Health O ...
.
See also
*
List of hospitals in Toronto
There are over thirty hospitals located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Many of them are also medical research facilities and teaching schools affiliated with the University of Toronto. Most hospitals are grouped under administrative networks that ser ...
References
Organizations based in Toronto
Health in Toronto
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