Milton District Hospital (or MDH) is a community hospital

Hospital

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 built on 30 acre (121,405.8 m²) of land, located in Milton

Milton, Ontario

Milton is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area. Milton received a tremendous amount of awareness following the release of the results of the 2006 Census, which indicated that Milton is the fastest growing municipality in the Greater Golden...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada. It is operated by Halton Healthcare Services

Halton Healthcare Services

Halton Healthcare Services is a multi-site healthcare organization. It is composed of three community hospitals in Ontario, Canada. It serves the communities of Milton, Oakville, Clarkson and Halton Hills. The three hospitals serve over 200,000 residents...

, an organization which also operates Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital

Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital

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 and Georgetown Hospital.

Overview

In cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, MDH has been very successful in attracting both family physicians and a full complement of specialists to Milton.

The population of Milton is expected to increase to more than 100,000 by 2014. HHS has submitted a business case to the Ministry of Health and Long Term for the expansion of MDH and are waiting to receive approval from the government to begin planning.

In 2006, the hospital received a $500,000 CAD donation from James W. Snow

James W. Snow

James Wilfred Snow was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of William Davis and Frank Miller. Snow was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.He was born in Esquesing Township,...

 for the hospital Foundation's CT Scanner Campaign.

Services

Milton District Hospital offers a wide range of primary care services. Its major areas of clinical emphasis include emergency

Emergency medicine

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, obstetrics

Obstetrics

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, general medicine

General practitioner

A general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...

, intensive care unit

Intensive Care Unit

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, surgery, rehabilitation, and complex continuing care.

The emergency department

Emergency department

An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...

 is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, together with the outpatient department provides care to more than 37,000 patients annually.

The hospital is equipped with a helipad

Helipad

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.