Victoria General Hospital

This article is about the hospital in Victoria, British Columbia. For the hospital in Winnipeg, see Victoria General Hospital (Winnipeg). For the hospital in Halifax formerly called Victoria General Hospital, see Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. For the hospital in Vancouver also often referred to as "VGH", see Vancouver General Hospital. For other hospitals with the same name (see list), see Victoria Hospital.

Victoria General Hospital
Island Health
Location in British Columbia
Geography
Location	1 Hospital Way, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 6R5, Canada
Coordinates	48°28′02″N123°25′57″W / 48.467222°N 123.4325°W / 48.467222; -123.4325
Organization
Care system	Public Medicare (Canada)
Type	General
Services
Emergency department	Yes (II trauma centre)
Beds	374 [1]
Helipads
Helipad	TC LID: CBW7
History
Opened	1876 (original hospital) 1983 (current hospital)
Links
Website	www.islandhealth.ca/our-locations/hospitals-health-centre-locations/victoria-general-hospital-vgh
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

Victoria General Hospital (VGH) is an acute care facility located in View Royal, British Columbia, Canada, a western suburb of Victoria. VGH provides emergency, general surgery and medical treatment services. It is one of two acute-care hospitals on southern Vancouver Island, along with the Royal Jubilee Hospital. 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. ^[2] It is also a teaching hospital for UBC's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. ^[3]

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, ^[4] and taken over from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria by the provincial government in 1972. ^{[5] [6]}

Philanthropy

Victoria General Hospital is one of three hospitals supported by the Victoria Hospitals Foundation, which also provides financial support to the Royal Jubilee Hospital and the Gorge Road Hospital, both in Victoria. ^[7]

See also

• List of hospitals in British Columbia

References

1. "Hospital Beds Staffed and In Operation, 2020–2021". Canadian Institute for Health Information . Retrieved April 18, 2023.
2. "HealthLink BC". Archived from the original on August 16, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery : University of British Columbia : UBC Faculty of Medicine Canada
4. Catholic Health Alliance of Canada – Catholic Hospital History Project
5. The Sisters Expand their Work
6. "Canadian hospital histories - Western Provinces and the north". Archived from the original on February 24, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
7. "Victoria Hospitals Foundation (VHF) - Homepage | Thanks for the support!". Victoria Hospitals Foundation. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Canhealth.com Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
• Victoria Hospitals Foundation
• Victoria General Hospital profile at Island Health