Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre
Situated in Grand Falls-Windsor, in the beautiful Exploits Valley, the Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre serves a referral area population of approximately 110,000 people.
The more than 600 staff of this 121-bed facility, during a typical year, will treat 5000 inpatients, assist in 400 deliveries, perform 6,000 operations, and examine 42,000 patients in its Out-Patient/Emergency Department.
The Centre is well equipped with endoscopic investigative equipment, Holter
monitoring and stress testing, C.T. Scan, latest in color ultrasound (with
dopplar), pulmonary function testing, echocardiography, E.M.G. and E.E.G., etc.
It has five operating rooms and one urology suite, a well developed day surgery
program and same day admissions. The Centre has very modern obstetrical and
nursery suites as well as an ICU/CCU department.
Additional services available at Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre
include: 24 hour emergency department; same-day admissions program,
medicine, mental health, obstetrics/gynecology, paediatric, and surgery units;
ambulatory clinics; hemodialysis program; dialysis, speech language pathology
and audiology services; psychology services; social work services;
rehabilitative services; otolaryngology (ear/nose/throat) services; diabetic
clinics; laboratory and diagnostic imaging; clinical dietitians services; bone
density program; hostel; and the Central Newfoundland Hospital Auxiliary.
The Centre is staffed by forty-five (45) physicians, twenty-six (26) are specialists representing Anaesthesia, Dermatology, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Paediatrics, Pathology and Radiology, Psychiatry, Urology, plus, sixteen (16) General Practitioners and four (4) Emergency Room Physicians. Visiting specialists represent nephrology, oncology, orthopaedics, and paediatric cardiology.
The Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre is affiliated
with Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Medicine and College of the
North Atlantic. Family practice residents do regular rotations in Obstetrics and
Gynecology as well as electives in other disciplines. The Rehabilitative
Services Department is affiliated with Dalhousie University for students of
physiotherapy & occupational therapy, as well as being affiliated with
Queen's University for students of physiotherapy.
Hours of Operation & Phone Numbers
Central Newfoundland
Regional Health Centre
50 Union Street, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL A2A 2E1
Phone#: (709) 292-2500 Fax#: (709) 292-2249
Laboratory Department Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. A
technologist is on site 24 hours/day, 7 days/week
and will answer emergencies only after 4:00pm and weekdays.
X-ray Department Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. A technologist is on
call after 4:00 pm and on weekends
for emergencies only.
Emergency Department Open 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.