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Chilliwack General Hospital is a community hospital facility located in Chilliwack, British Columbia, which is operated by the Fraser Health Authority (FHA).

History

Opened on February 28, 1912, the original building was replaced by a new hospital building, opened on June 19, 1940.

In 1993, Chilliwack General Hospital was the first hospital in British Columbia to adopt Patient Focused Care (PFC), a consultant driven approach to providing healthcare services. Both St. Boniface General Hospital and the Winnipeg Health Science Centre had previously adopted the solution in Canada.

A $35 million expansion to the hospital's healthcare facilities was opened in 2011.

Chilliwack General Hospital is an affiliated hospital with the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. Classified as an Affiliated Region Center, the hospital is a training facility for the Family Medicine Residency Program.

Philanthropy

The hospital's capital costs are financially supported by both the Chilliwack Hospital Foundation and the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation.

Amenities

Chilliwack General Hospital offers numerous healthcare services including:

• 24/7 Emergency services
  • Emergency medicine
• Internal medicine
• Orthopedics
• Urology
• Obstetrics and gynecology
• Ophthalmology
• ENT
• Pediatrics
• Radiology
• Psychiatry
• Pathology
• Anesthesia
• Geriatrics
• Palliative care

See also

• List of hospitals in British Columbia

References

1. "Chilliwack Hospital Officially Opened". The Chilliwack Progress. Chilliwack. March 6, 1912. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
2. "District's New $120,000 Hospital Officially Declared Open by Deputy Provincial Secretary This Afternoon". The Chilliwack Progress. Chilliwack. June 29, 1940. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
3. "Chilliwack General Hospital - City of Chilliwack". www.chilliwack.com. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
4. Armstrong, Pat; Amaratunga, Carol; Bernier, Jocelyne (January 1, 2001). Exposing Privatization: Women and Health Care Reform in Canada. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-55193-037-4.
5. "$35 Million Expansion to Chilliwack General Hospital". Minuteman Press Print Services. March 9, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
6. "Campuses". UBC Faculty of Medicine. November 5, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
7. "Chilliwack | Family Practice - CARMS". carms.familymed.ubc.ca. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
8. "CHF: Your Foundation for Health - Home". www.chilliwackhospitalfoundation.org. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
9. "Homepage • Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation". Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
10. "Chilliwack General Hospital". www.fraserhealth.ca. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
11. "UBC FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM -CHILLIWACK SITE" (PDF). UBC FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM.

External links

• Official website
• Chilliwack Hospital Foundation
• Fraser Valley Healthcare Foundation

• Hospitals in British Columbia
• Chilliwack