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neighbourhood of

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. Founded by the Sisters of Charity ( Grey Nuns) of

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in 1871, it was the first hospital in

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. The hospital was incorporated in 1960, and as of 2003 has 554 beds and 78

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s. St. Boniface Hospital is a tertiary health care facility, employing nearly 3,500 staff and 340 doctors with admitting privileges. The hospital buildings cover about . The St. Boniface Hospital & Research Foundation is the primary fundraising organization for the hospital. The general admissions program cares for 4,000 patients per year in-hospital, and about 40,000 as outpatients. Over 5,000 births per year occur at the hospital. St. Boniface is a regional centre for cardiac care, and is one of two specialized laboratory testing facilities. It also provides diagnostic imaging and hemodialysis for the

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. Besides patient care, St. Boniface Hospital also carries out medical research and offers practicum positions for university students through its affiliation with the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba. The hospital's primary research mandate is in cardiovascular studies, imaging (especially MRI), neurodegenerative disorders, and nutraceuticals. The hospital also participates in clinical trials of research discoveries.

Location

St. Boniface Hospital is located near the

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s in the St. Boniface neighbourhood of Winnipeg, which is home to a large proportion of Manitoba's

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population. It lies across the river from downtown and The Forks. The hospital has a parking structure and three parking lots. It also has an

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bay.

History

St. Boniface Hospital was established by the Grey Nuns in 1871, the first hospital west of Quebec. At that time, it was a small facility with four beds. An operating room was added in 1894. The Grey Nuns opened a school of nursing in 1897 and used the hospital to teach patient care. By the early 1900s, the hospital was treating approximately 2,500 patients per year. An isolation hospital and nurse's residence was added in 1900. Due to overcrowding, a new addition was built in 1905, effectively doubling the patient capacity of the hospital. It was awarded provisional approval by the

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(ACS) in 1944, later becoming the office of the Manitoba Chapter of the ACS. As of 2003, the hospital has 554 beds and 78

s. The hospital order was incorporated in 1960 under the name St. Boniface General Hospital, giving it the right to invest and borrow money, own property, and collect fees for services. St. Boniface Hospital, along with the

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, opened the first

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programs in Canada in 1975. The Hospital Research Centre opened in 1987, becoming the first Canadian free-standing medical research facility. During the

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, the hospital had to be evacuated, and has since created a disaster plan to cope any future evacuations or closures. The Institute for stained glass in Canada has documented the stained glass at St Boniface Hospital.

Funding

Basic medical care is a benefit provided to all Canadians through Canada's publicly funded health system. However, significant additional funding is required for medical research, improvements in patient services, and the clinical programs found at St. Boniface Hospital. The hospital ended the 2008 fiscal year with a

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900,000 deficit. The St. Boniface Hospital & Research Foundation, founded in 1971, is the primary fundraising organization for St. Boniface Hospital and the Research Centre. By the end of 2006, the Foundation had raised over

100 million for patient care and research.

Research

The St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre is the hospital's main research facility. It comprises three separate units: the G. Campbell MacLean Building, the Dr.

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MRI Centre, and the I. H. Asper Clinical Research Institute, which are operated with

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, industry contracts,

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, and funding from the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba. The centre opened in 1987. Its primary research mandate addresses three main areas:

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sciences,

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(MRI) and

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, and degenerative disorders associated with

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. In addition, the Centre undertakes research in

anesthesia Anesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), ...

epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...

, family medicine,

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, nursing, nutraceuticals,

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s, and surgery.

Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences

St. Boniface Hospital's Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences researches

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at the

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and molecular levels. It also hosts the ''

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'', the journal ''

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'', the

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, and its journal '' Experimental & Clinical Cardiology''. The Institute was created as the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences in 1987 by Dr.

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. Its researchers have been published in such academic journals as the ''

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'' and '' Cardiovascular Research''.

Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders

The Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders (DND) was established in 1999. The DND is a

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research team working to identify causes and treatments for disorders like

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stroke A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. Both cause parts of the brain to stop functionin ...

traumatic brain injury A traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as an intracranial injury, is an injury to the brain caused by an external force. TBI can be classified based on severity (ranging from mild traumatic brain injury TBI/concussionto severe traumatic b ...

, and

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degeneration, to study the effect of diabetes on neurodegeneration, and to conduct sleep studies. As of 2011, the principal investigators collectively have over 150 journal publications.

Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine

The Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) investigates nutraceuticals and

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in partnership with Agriculture and Agri-food Canada. CCARM’s mandate is to research natural health products and give the results to the scientific community and the general public. The results of their research have been published in numerous academic journals, including the ''European Journal of Clinical Nutrition'' and the ''Journal of Biological Chemistry''.

MRI centre

The Dr.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Facility, the first of its kind in Manitoba, has three

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scanners. The facility allows radiologists to diagnose abnormalities of the

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s and

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. St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre is a recognized leader in the MRI field and has one of the largest MRI research facilities in Canada. An MRI was first installed at St. Boniface in 1990; this MRI was eventually replaced by a more modern version, which is primarily used for clinical purposes. The other two MRIs are research-oriented: they are an interventional scanner and a head-only functional unit. The clinical scanner enables the Centre to do echo-planar imaging, producing images at video rates; the interventional MRI gives physicians access to the patient during imaging, which supports research into robotics-guided laser surgery. Research carried out at the centre has been published in the ''Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging''.

Clinical research

The I. H. Asper Clinical Research Institute facilitates clinical trials of the discoveries made at the Research Centre. The Institute is the third research facility in Canada to conduct tests on new drugs and medical devices. The I. H. Asper Clinical Research Institute was opened in 2004.

Education

St. Boniface Hospital is affiliated with the

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and

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positions for students. The hospital works with multiple University of Manitoba faculties, including

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, respiratory therapy,

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and

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, as well as with

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and

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. St. Boniface Hospital also hosts the Winnipeg Critical Care Nursing Education Program.

Services

St. Boniface is one of Manitoba's two tertiary care centres. Patients are referred to the hospital by their doctors or clinics for specialized care, though most are admitted through the emergency department. The Medicine Program is the adult general admissions program. This program admits around 4,000 patients per year, and treats around 40,000 through outpatient clinics. Services include: internal medicine,

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respiratory The respiratory system (also respiratory apparatus, ventilatory system) is a biological system consisting of specific organs and structures used for gas exchange in animals and plants. The anatomy and physiology that make this happen varies grea ...

medicine,

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pathology Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in ...

and

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. The outreach program also includes at-home

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therapy and

nutrition Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures. Failure to obtain sufficient n ...

. The hospital has 14

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; there is also a surgical

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available for recovery. The surgical department treats over 14,000 patients per year.

Emergency Department

St. Boniface's

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provides acute care for an average of over 100 patients per day, and is the second busiest emergency department in Winnipeg. The emergency room had the third longest wait times in Canada as of 2016. Patient visits are expected to rise dramatically in the next few years, as smaller emergency departments in Winnipeg are closed down as part of a region-wide restructuring effort; expansion of the emergency department began in the summer of 2022.

Family Medicine Program

The Family Medicine Program is designed to encourage disease prevention and health maintenance. It also includes a

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unit, the first nationally accredited palliative residency program in Canada. The Rehabilitation Program provides inpatient and outpatient

. The Mental Health program provides

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and

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services to adult and adolescent patients. It also maintains an inpatient program, and provides

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counselling to hospital staff.

Cardiac Sciences Program

The Cardiac Sciences Program (including the departments of Cardiac Surgery,

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, Cardiac

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and Critical Care) is an integrated

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health unit designed to treat cardiac problems. The Bergen Cardiac Care Centre provides access to tertiary cardiology care and hosts cardiac operations and diagnostics, the only hospital in Manitoba to offer certain specialized services. It includes three cardiac

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rooms, one pacemaker and cardiac

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room, one room for procedures in

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, 17 recovery beds, cardiology clinics,

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rooms, and office space.

Diagnostic imaging

St. Boniface is one of eight hospitals in Winnipeg providing diagnostic imaging services, and is part of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's diagnostic imaging program. It provides:

bone density Bone density, or bone mineral density, is the amount of bone mineral in bone tissue. The concept is of mass of mineral per volume of bone (relating to density in the physics sense), although clinically it is measured by proxy according to optica ...

imaging, CT scans,

s, mammography,

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tests,

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s and

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s. St. Boniface was the home of Manitoba's first MRI scanner, and is one of the largest diagnostic MRI facilities in Western Canada.

Laboratories

The laboratories at the St. Boniface Hospital operate under the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's Laboratory Medicine Program; St. Boniface is one of the two main referral sites in the WRHA for specialty tests. They run tests in

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immunology Immunology is a branch of medicineImmunology for Medical Students, Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert, Mosby, 2007 and biology that covers the medical study of immune systems in humans, animals, plants and sapient species. In such we can see there ...

microbiology Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...

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and

for patients and doctors in Manitoba. They also provide some specialized testing facilities for educational institutions.

Manitoba Renal Program

St. Boniface Hospital provides acute and chronic

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as part of the Manitoba Renal Program. It also has a renal health clinic to assess patients with kidney problems.

Woman & Child Program

The Woman & Child Program cares for 11,500 patients annually, providing

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and

obstetrical Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surg ...

services, outpatient

pediatric Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until the ...

care and women's services. Over 5,000 births per year occur at St. Boniface Hospital. The Labour and Delivery department includes services for high-risk deliveries. The family care unit includes fifteen beds for obstetrical patients. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (

NICU A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), also known as an intensive care nursery (ICN), is an intensive care unit (ICU) specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. Neonatal refers to the first 28 days of life. Neonatal care, as kn ...

) cares for 600 premature or ill infants per year; 10% of the births at St. Boniface involve ill or premature babies.

Assessment

St. Boniface reports 80%

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with its services, according to internal inpatient surveys. Mortality rates for inpatients stand at around 2.4%. Unlike the

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and the

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, Canada does not publish national ratings of individual hospitals. According to internal reviews, the hospital reduced average wait times for acute care surgical patients from 10 hours to 3 between October 2008 and February 2009. As of 2009, the hospital is trying to reduce wait times for emergency room patients. Wait times for scheduled diagnostic services range from 4 weeks for bone density tests to 20 weeks for a myocardial perfusion study. The median wait time for cardiac surgery is 26 days.

References

External links

Winnipeg Regional Health AuthoritySt. Boniface Hospital

St. Boniface Hospital Research Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Boniface Hospital (Winnipeg) Hospitals in Winnipeg Hospital buildings completed in 1905 Hospitals established in 1871 1871 establishments in Manitoba

Hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...