Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital

Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
Horizon Health Network
Location in New Brunswick
Geography
Location 700 Priestman Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Coordinates 45°56′20″N 66°39′14″W / 45.938792°N 66.653825°W / 45.938792; -66.653825Coordinates: 45°56′20″N 66°39′14″W / 45.938792°N 66.653825°W / 45.938792; -66.653825
Organization
Care system Public Medicare (Canada)
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
Services
Emergency department Level III trauma centre
Beds 315
Speciality Reconstructive surgery/Plastic surgery
History
Founded 1976
Links
Website Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital
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The Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital is a Canadian hospital in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital operates as a tertiary care referral hospital with specialization in reconstructive and restorative medicine and is a leading plastic surgery centre.

Operated by Horizon Health Network, formerly by the River Valley Health Authority, the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital opened in 1976, replacing the Victoria Public Hospital. It is named in honour of George Everett Chalmers and was modelled after the McMaster University Medical Centre in Hamilton, Ontario.[1]

In 2006 the Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation was relocated to a newly constructed building on the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital campus, immediately south of, and connected to, the primary hospital building.

The Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital is also a teaching hospital for the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Services

See also

References

  1. Charlotte Gray. "Profile - Everett Chalmers". Canadian Medical Association Journal. Vol. 126, June 15, 1982. p. 1461
  2. Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital services

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