The Hamilton General Hospital (HGH) is a major

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in Downtown

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, Canada, located at the intersection of Barton Street East and Victoria Avenue North. It is operated by

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and is formally affiliated with the

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. HGH has a high acute and emergency care burden, as 53.7% of patients are admitted through the emergency department (2020-2021). In 2020-2021, the average length of stay was 7.6 days and number of acute admissions was 45,165. HGH is one of the largest cardiac surgical centres in Canada, performing over 1,600 open heart surgeries annually. The hospital generated of research income in 2013, second to the

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amongst research hospitals in Canada, and representing 14.8% of its income. HGH is also one of the largest trauma, neurosurgery, and stroke centres in Canada. They perform over 1000 neurosurgical procedures annually. It is an accredited centre of Distinction in Stroke Services for demonstrating clinical excellence in Acute Stroke Services and Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Services.

History

Founded in 1848, the hospital became a part of

in 1996 when Hamilton General, Henderson General,

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and

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merged. This union formed one of the largest teaching hospitals in Ontario, operating across four sites with approximately 8,000 employees and 1,000 physicians. Other hospitals soon followed.

Facilities

The hospital is equipped with a rooftop

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. Hamilton General Hospital is a regional centre specializing in cardiac and vascular care, neuroscience, trauma and burn treatment, stroke and rehabilitation. It is home to the state-of-the-art Dofasco Heart Investigation Unit; one of the province’s few rooftop heliports; a Level 1 trauma centre and the second busiest burn unit in Ontario. Also located at the General site are the Regional Rehabilitation Centre and the David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute. The ''David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute'' is a research centre located behind the Hamilton General Hospital. It is home to more than 400 staff and researchers. The new building with opened 11 March 2010.David Braley Cardiac Vascular and Stroke Research Institute
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, for whom the institute is named, contributed $10 million towards the project.

Fundraising

The Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation https://www.hamiltonhealth.ca raises funds for capital projects, equipment and research needs of Hamilton General Hospital collects donations for multiple projects.

References

External links

Hamilton General Hospital (Foundation website)
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