Victoria General Hospital (VGH) is an

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facility located in

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, a western suburb of

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. VGH provides emergency, general surgery and medical treatment services. It is one of two acute-care hospitals on southern Vancouver Island, along with the

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. VGH is the only one of the two hospitals which provides maternity services. The facility has 344 Acute Care beds, 30 Neuro-Rehabilitation beds and 40 Geriatric Ward beds. It is also a teaching hospital for UBC's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

History

The current hospital was constructed in 1983. It was known as Victoria General Hospital North until Victoria General Hospital South (in downtown Victoria) was closed a year later. VGH South was known before 1983 as Victoria General Hospital and before that as St. Joseph's Hospital. St. Joseph's Hospital was founded in 1875 and taken over from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria by the provincial government in 1972.

Philanthropy

Victoria General Hospital is one of three hospitals supported by the Victoria Hospitals Foundation, which also provides financial support to the

and the Gorge Road Hospital, both in Victoria.

References

External links

Victoria General Hospital, Victoria BC

Victoria Hospitals Foundation

Victoria General Hospital profile at Island Health
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