Blanche River Health Kirkland Lake site

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Blanche River Health Kirkland Lake site
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The hospital in August 2022
Blanche River Health Kirkland Lake site
Geography
Location Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 48°09′12″N80°00′55″W / 48.1534°N 80.0153°W / 48.1534; -80.0153
Organization
Care system Public Medicare (Canada)
Funding Public hospital
Type Community
Network NORTH Network
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds62 (6 intensive care, 2 obstetrics, 39 medical/surgical and 15 chronic)
History
Former name(s)Kirkland and District Hospital
OpenedOctober 15, 1976
Links
Website blancheriverhealth.ca
Lists Hospitals in Canada

The Blanche River Health Kirkland Lake site is a public hospital that serves Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada and the surrounding area. Originally established in 1975 as the Kirkland and District Hospital, it adopted its current name after amalgamating with the Englehart and District Hospital to form the new Blanche River Health hospital corporation. [1]

Contents

The hospital has a total of 62 beds, including 6 intensive care, 2 obstetrics, 39 medical/surgical and 15 chronic beds plus 280 full-time and part-time staff. Departmental laboratories include haematology, chemistry, blood bank and cryogenics sections and referred out microbiology, cytology and pathology services as well as diagnostic services including echocardiography, pulmonary function testing, exercise stress testing, radiography, mammography, ultrasound, doppler facilities and fetal monitoring capabilities.

Blanche River Health is part of the NORTH Network, a telemedicine network affiliated with Lady Minto Hospital in Cochrane, Timmins and District Hospital and the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.

History

Image of Red Cross Hospital, Kirkland Lake, ON, loaned from the Museum of Northern History Red Cross Hospital, Kirkland Lake, ON.jpg
Image of Red Cross Hospital, Kirkland Lake, ON, loaned from the Museum of Northern History
Old Kirkland & District Hospital, across from the Collegiate & Vocational Institute, loaned from Museum of Northern History Collection Kirkland District Hospital and Collegiate, Kirkland, ON (1940s).jpg
Old Kirkland & District Hospital, across from the Collegiate & Vocational Institute, loaned from Museum of Northern History Collection

The first hospital opened in Kirkland Lake was the Kirkland Lake Red Cross Hospital, in 1926. [2] Subsequently, the old Kirkland & District Hospital was built sometime around the 1940s on 2nd Street, across from the Kirkland Lake Collegiate & Vocational Institute. The hospital was partially financed by the prospector William Henry "Bill" Wright, who donated money to build the east wing of the hospital which bore his name. [3]

The current hospital was opened October 15, 1975, by Orval L. Archer (one of the former presidents of the hospital board). The hospital was originally equipped with 132 beds, but downsized to the present 62 beds. [4] In October 2020, the Kirkland & District Hospital amalgamated with the Englehart & District Hospital, under the Blanche River Health system. [1]

The Kirkland site is associated with several Ontario colleges and universities, including the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), The University of Toronto School of Medicine, Nipissing University, College Boreal (DI), Northern College. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Government approves amalgamation of Kirkland and Englehart District Hospitals". Blanche River Health. August 20, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
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  5. "Our Organization". Blanche River Health. Retrieved September 2, 2022.