Victoria General Hospital | |
Org/Group: | Winnipeg Regional Health Authority |
Location: | 2340 Pembina Highway Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2E849.8069°N -97.1525°W |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Country: | Canada |
Healthcare: | Medicare |
Type: | Non-teaching |
Emergency: | No |
Affiliation: | None |
Beds: | 194[1] |
Founded: | 1911 |
Website: | http://www.vgh.mb.ca/ VGH |
Publictransit: | 60 Pembina |
Victoria General Hospital is a general hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada founded in 1911.[2] Originally it was located at 424 River Avenue in Osborne Village.[3] Construction tenders were issued in July 1968 for a seven-storey, 250-bed facility.[4] In January 1971, it moved to its present location, 2340 Pembina Highway, in Fort Richmond beside the University of Manitoba.[5] As of 2020, it is a community hospital with 194 beds and employs approximately 1,200 people.[1] [6]
The hospital is Winnipeg's leading mental health crisis and addictions centre with 75 dedicated beds in the unit.[7] The Adult Mental Health Inpatient centre consists of 48 beds for two inpatient units while a further 27 beds are dedicated for the Geriatric Mental Health Inpatient unit.[8]