Lakeridge Health Port Perry is a
hospital
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located in
Port Perry
Port Perry is a community located in Scugog, Ontario, Canada. The town is located northeast of central Toronto, north of Oshawa, and east of Whitby, Ontario, Whitby. Port Perry has a population of 9,553 as of 2021.
Port Perry serves as the admi ...
,
Ontario
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, Canada. The hospital serves the townships of
Scugog
Scugog is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, south-central Ontario, Canada. It is northeast of Toronto and just north of Oshawa. The anchor and largest population base of the township is Port Perry. The township has a populatio ...
,
Brock and
Uxbridge
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in
Durham Region
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.
History
The hospital was founded as the
private
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in 1946 at a home at 96 John Street as the Port Perry Hospital, but closed to cost of upgrading the old building in 1948. In 1949 residences used for munitions workers were moved from
Ajax, Ontario
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and moved to Port Perry. During the interim
Oshawa Hospital served the community from 1949 to 1953. The new Community Memorial opened in 1953 as a 32-bed facility. It moved again in 1969 to its current location on Paxton Street.
In April 1997, under the
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, the hospital was amalgamated with
Uxbridge Cottage Hospital
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History
Opened in 1958 after a decade of planning, Uxbridge Hospital has undergone renovations with additions in 1967 and 1996 to 1998 (covered area at the main entrance and in ...
to form
North Durham Health Services
Lakeridge Health is a health system and hospital network serving Durham Region, Ontario in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area. It operates four acute hospitals with emergency departments (Bowmanville, Oshawa, Port Perry, Ajax and Pickeri ...
(NDHS). Uxbridge became linked with Markham-Stouffvile Hospital in 2004.
In 1998 the hospital, along with
Memorial Hospital Bowmanville,
Oshawa General Hospital
Lakeridge Health Oshawa, formerly Oshawa General Hospital, is a hospital located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in August 1910 in a two-story building, and major additions were made in the 1920s (surgical and maternity wings). "G" Wing ...
and
Whitby General Hospital
Lakeridge Health Whitby is a clinic in Whitby, Ontario, offering specialized health services to the Durham Region.
History
The clinic originally was opened as a full-service hospital for the town of Whitby on December 17, 1969, named the Dr. J. ...
, were placed under the administration of the
Lakeridge Health Corporation
Lakeridge Health is a health system and hospital network serving Durham Region, Ontario in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area. It operates four acute hospitals with emergency departments (Lakeridge Health Bowmanville, Bowmanville, Lakerid ...
. The hospital was renamed, and Uxbridge Cottage was placed under the jurisdiction of the
Markham-Stouffville Hospital Corporation.
On August 25, 2017 a fire occurred at the hospital, damaging some key systems, resulting in the temporary closure of the hospital. The hospital reopened on September 5, 2018.
Facilities
The main building (with ambulatory entrance) is named Stephen Roman Wing.
The hospital has a helipad located on the southside of the hospital facing Paxton Street and located west of the south parking lot. The helipad allows patients to be transferred to other hospitals for more advance care not available at the Port Perry site or patients arriving to Port Perry other than regular ambulances.
Services
The current hospital has 180 staff members and 20
physician
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s, with a 24/7
emergency room
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acute care
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, continuing care, and
surgery
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.
* Medicine
* Emergency
* Surgical Services and Outpatient Clinics
* Ambulatory Rehabilitation Centre
* New Life Centre (Maternal/Child Program)
* Respiratory Therapy
* Pharmacy
* Laboratory
* Diagnostic Imaging
* Ultrasound
* Infection Prevention and Control
* Diabetes Education
* Social Work
* Palliative Care
* Mental Health
* Spiritual Services
* Volunteer Services
See also
*
Lakeridge Health Oshawa
Lakeridge Health Oshawa, formerly Oshawa General Hospital, is a hospital located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in August 1910 in a two-story building, and major additions were made in the 1920s (surgical and maternity wings). "G" Win ...
*
Lakeridge Health Whitby
Lakeridge Health Whitby is a clinic in Whitby, Ontario, offering specialized health services to the Durham Region.
History
The clinic originally was opened as a full-service hospital for the town of Whitby on December 17, 1969, named the Dr. J. ...
*
Lakeridge Health Bowmanville
Lakeridge Health Bowmanville is a fully accredited hospital in Clarington, Ontario, Canada, servicing the municipality of Clarington. It is run by Lakeridge Health Corporation, part of the Central East Local Health Integration Network.
The hospit ...
References
External links
Lakeridge Health Corporation
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Hospitals in the Regional Municipality of Durham
Hospital buildings completed in 1969
Heliports in Ontario
Certified airports in Ontario