Joseph Brant Hospital

Joseph Brant Hospital is a hospital in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Hamilton Health Sciences network of hospitals in Hamilton, Ontario and nearby areas. [1]

Joseph Brant Hospital
Geography
Location1245 Lakeshore Road Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Organization
Care systemPublic Medicare (Canada) (OHIP)
TypeCommunity
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds245
History
OpenedFebruary 1, 1961
Links
Websitewww.josephbranthospital.ca
ListsHospitals in Canada

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital was the first in Canada to erect a pandemic response unit.[2] This facility, built in April 2020, with 76 beds, began accepting patients in early January 2021. It was housing patients who had received their preliminary treatment in the main hospital but were not showing improvement.[3]

Name

The hospital derived its name from Joseph Brant, an early inhabitant of Burlington, member of the nearby Grand River tribe of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) nation and prominent political figure in the early history of Thayendanegea region. Joseph Brant Hospital stands on part of the land bought for him by Upper Canada's Lieutenant Governor, John Graves Simcoe.

Size

Joseph Brant Hospital opened on February 1, 1961, with 228 beds. In 1971, the Hospital expanded to 450 beds. In 1996 due to a major hospital restructuring occurring in Ontario, the Hospital contracted to 273 beds and in 2006 reduced to 256 beds. The hospital now has 245 inpatient beds.

From 2012 to 2013, the hospital had 13,258 admissions, the Emergency Department had 47,326 visits in 2012-13 and 1,459 births were recorded. The hospital has a skilled staff of 175 physicians, 1,400 full and part-time professional health care staff and more than 600 active volunteers.

Mission

Throughout its history, Jo Brant has never wavered from its mission to be the finest possible full-service, acute care community Hospital. On either an inpatient or outpatient basis (or both), Jo Brant offer six distinct categories of patient care: medical services, surgical services, maternal and child care services, emergency and ambulatory services, rehabilitation and geriatric services and mental health services.

Catchment Area

Joseph Brant Hospital has a huge geographic catchment area in the Halton and Hamilton-Wentworth Regions; about a quarter million people reside in this area which includes parts of Flamborough Township, the City of Hamilton, and Stoney Creek and all of Burlington and Waterdown.

References
  1. "Adding our voice for lockdown measures". HHS. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. "How to build a hospital wing for a pandemic in just 14 days".
  3. "Field hospitals and cancelled surgeries: health-care system under siege by rising COVID-19 cases". CTV News. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021. The move was deemed necessary in order to continue schedule surgeries and other important services that were threatened with derailment as acute care units reached their bursting point with COVID-19 patients.

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