Kincardine and District General Hospital is a hospital

Hospital

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 in Kincardine

Kincardine, Ontario

The Municipality of Kincardine is located on the shores of Lake Huron in the County of Bruce in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 12,000, and covers an area of 580 square kilometres...

, Ontario

Ontario

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. It is part of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre.

History

When the hospital first opened it held 11 beds. Many additions have occurred over the years, including in 1923, 1956, 1968, and 1982. Due to cut backs in health care, the hospital currently contains 36 beds.

Facilities

• Emergency operating room
• Fracture room
• Decontamination room (for the local nuclear plant, Bruce Power
  Bruce Power
  Bruce Power Limited Partnership is a Canadian business partnership composed of several corporations. It exists as a partnership between Cameco Corporation , TransCanada Corporation , BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust , the Power Workers Union and The Society of Energy Professionals...
  
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• Laboratory
• Physiotherapy
• Radiology
• Electrocardiography

The Kincardine Hospital Redevelopment Project

In August 2011 the Provincial Government of Ontario approved plans to completely remodel the whole hospital. The project will begin in 2015 with a total cost of an estimated $104 million(CDN).