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Northern Health is the publicly funded healthcare provider for the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Northern Health serves over 300,000 people in an area of 600,000 square kilometres. [1] It was established as one of five geographically based health authorities in 2001 by the Government of British Columbia. [2]
Wellesley Hospital (1942–2001); Central Hospital 1957 as a private care centre and later became Sherbourne Health Centre in 2003. [1]The Doctor's Hospital (1953–1997) – merged with Toronto Western Hospital in 1996, merged again with Toronto General Hospital and closed in 1997; site at 340 College Street now home to Kensington Health, a long-term care facility and hospice for seniors. [2]
Northern Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre Masset 54°00′44″N 132°08′31″W / 54.01222°N 132.14194°W / 54.01222; -132.14194 ( Northern Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health
The hospital, currently operated by Northern Health, offers a range of acute care services and acts as a referral centre for more specialized treatments. [6] A new, significantly larger and more modern hospital building officially started construction in 2021, and opened to the general public on November 24, 2024. [7] [8] [9]
Health regions, also called health authorities, are a governance model used by Canada's provincial and territorial governments to administer and deliver public health care to all Canadian residents. Health care is designated a provincial responsibility under the separation of powers in Canada's federal system .
The rarely used non-geographic area code 600 is an exception to this pattern (non-portable, and allows caller-pays-airtime satellite telephony); some independent landline exchanges are also non-portable. Mobile phone providers are general free to support any wireless standards with either CDMA or GSM; both are being supplanted by UMTS.
Area codes 416, 647, and 437 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Area code 416 is one of the original North American area codes created by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1947.
The hospital was opened on Saturday, 16 January 1960 by provincial health minister Eric Martin. Tours were given on both Saturday and Sunday to over 7,000 people. [4] [5] When it initially opened, the hospital had 125 beds and cost $2.04 million (equivalent to $19.23 million in 2022)