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St Thomas Elgin General Hospital |
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189 Elm Street |
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St Thomas |
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Ontario |
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Canada |
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N5R 5C4 |
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519 631 2020 |
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519 631 1825 |
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publicrelations@stegh.on.ca |
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Specialization Of St Thomas Elgin General Hospital
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Obestetrician/Gynecologist |
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About St Thomas Elgin General Hospital
The St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital (STEGH) is a 166 bed facility providing comprehensive 24 hour coverage in Medicine, Surgery, OB, Paediatrics, Anaesthesia, Emergency and Family Medicine. The fully accredited hospital serves the city of St Thomas, with a population of 33,000 and the County of Elgin, with eight municipalities, totaling a catchment area of 89,000 residents. STEGH is located 30 minutes from downtown London, 40 minutes from the University of Western Ontario, and 15 minutes from the beaches of Port Stanley in the heart of beautiful Southwestern Ontario.
Patient care profile for 2007/2008 was 5,900 acute care admissions; 35,260 emergency department visits, 21,037 scheduled ambulatory care visits; 6,166 outpatient and 1,725 inpatient surgical procedures; 915 births. The average length of stay in acute care was 5 days. Currently there are 107 acute care beds, 49 complex continuing care beds and 10 rehabilitation beds.
In 2007/2008, STEGH employed on average 877 staff including 279 RN’s and 109 RPN’s. The Auxiliary has 64 members and our Volunteers generously contributed 34 471 hours of work.
The 6 room operating suite accommodates the surgical program which includes Thoracic, Orthopaedic, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology, OB/Gyn, Maxillofacial and General Surgery. The Critical Care Unit consists of 11 beds. Medical Imaging services include X-ray, Ultrasound, CT Scanner, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, Bone Densitometry and the Ontario Breast Screening Program.
Cardio Respiratory Services brings all diagnostic testing for heart and lungs into one area. Tests include Electrocardiograms, Stress Testing, Pulmonary Function Testing, Holter Monitors and Echocardiography. STEGH also provides 24-hour inpatient Respiratory Therapy Services. There is a Sleep Disorder Clinic with three-bed fully equipped clinics for level 2 study and a Home Oxygen Service.
Salaried Clinical Associates (Hospitalists) see on average 40 patients a day, providing in-hospital care for patients who do not have a family doctor or whose doctors choose not to have hospital privileges. STEGH has 62 family physicians and specialists with actives privileges and an additional 35 physicians with courtesy privileges.
STEGH provides palliative care, pastoral care and specially trained volunteers to assist with ER staff during crises. A chemotherapy clinic operates as a satellite clinic of the London Regional Cancer Centre with outpatient services Monday to Friday. Education programs include Diabetes In/Out patient, Apnea outpatient, Sibling Classes, Pre-Admit, Prenatal Care, Weigh-In Clinics and Asthma/COPD clinics. A humour and care clown program was initiated in 2001.
Quality Utilization Management supports and manages continuous quality improvement, hospital utilization, discharge planning and case management.
The hospital participates in the Southwestern Ontario Medical Education Network as a community hospital training centre for residents in OB/Gyn, Paediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Family Medicine, Hospitalists, Anesthesiology, Maxillofacial Surgery and Rehabilitation Services.
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History Of St Thomas Elgin General Hospital
The Amasa Wood Hospital, founded in 1891, was the first predecessor to the present St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital. After the First World War, the communities of Elgin County and St. Thomas endeavoured to build a new facility in memory of those who had served during that conflict. Consequently, municipal and private efforts resulted in the construction of the new Memorial Hospital in 1923-4.
After the Second World War, overcrowding became a significant problem. In order to address this, plans were developed to expand the hospital. In 1947, the provincial government agreed to fund certain hospital capital construction projects; consequently, the Board decided to build an entirely new facility, to be known as the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital. This institution opened on May 11, 1954. The previously existing Memorial Hospital continued to operate as a chronic care unit of the new institution; further, the Memorial Hospital Trust was transferred to the authority of the new Hospital Board in 1957.
Overcrowding was not just a problem within the Hospital's wards, but within the nurses' school as well. By the 1950s, the two buildings which had been used as residences were no longer sufficient to house the student nurses. As a result, the Board decided to modernize the whole facility and, in 1960, opened the Dr. J.W. Snell School of Nursing.
The implementation of the Ontario Hospital Services Insurance Plan in the late 1950s increased population pressures on hospitals across the province and St. Thomas was no exception to this rule. As a result, expansion plans had to be drawn up again. In 1961, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital established a 10 year plan for enlarging and updating its facilities. Construction began in 1964. By 1966 a new paediatric wing, emergency department, radiology, physiotherapy and male surgery wing were added giving a total of 301 beds in the active unit, and in 1970 our Cardiac Unit opened.
More specialized care combined with the persistent inflation of the 1970s, led to escalating costs and chronic shortage of resources. The 1980s brought development of an ICU/CCU progressive care area with a bed capacity of thirteen, and the operating rooms were renovated, bringing a total of operating rooms to six, plus one recovery room.
Major construction again took place in 1990, providing new space for Materiels Management (including Central Stores and Central Supply), Rehabilitation Services and Long Term Care beds in the Continuing Care Centre. Patients were transferred to the new CCC from the old Memorial Hospital, which was then closed. Improvements in services continued through the 1990s, with advances in information technology and the addition of a CT Scanner, Bone Mineral Densitometer, Sleep Lab, and Mammography Suit, all helping to make the hospital a centre of diagnostic excellence for Elgin County.
The Hospital looks to the future with a building renewal project to update the facility to meet the changing health care needs of our growing community. When approved by the Ministry of Health and Long term Care, this project will include renovations and expansion to the Emergency Department, construction of an Ambulatory Care area, construction of a new Surgical Suite and the addition of a Schedule One Mental Health unit.
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