Health Facilities
There are two major regional referral and teaching hospitals in Moncton:
The Moncton Hospital has approximately 400 active treatment beds and is affiliated with Dalhousie University Medical School. It is presently home to the Northumberland family medicine residency training program and will soon be a major site for third and fourth year clinical training for medical students in the Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick Program. The hospital also hosts UNB degree programs in nursing and medical x-ray technology and professional internships in fields such as dietetics. Specialized medical services at the hospital include neurosurgery, peripheral and neuro-interventional radiology, vascular surgery, thoracic surgery, orthopedics, trauma, burn unit, medical oncology, neonatal intensive care and adolescent psychiatry. A $48 million expansion to the hospital was completed in 2009 and contains a new laboratory, ambulatory care centre and provincial level 2 trauma centre. The Moncton Hospital is managed by the Horizon Health Network (Formerly the South East Regional Health Authority).
The Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre also has about 400 beds and hosts a medical training program through the local CFMNB and distant Université de Sherbrooke Medical School. There are also degree programs in nursing, medical x-ray technology, medical laboratory technology and inhalotherapy which are administered by U de M. Specialized medical services include medical oncology, radiation oncology, orthopedics, vascular surgery and nephrology. A cardiac cath lab and a PET/CT scanner have been announced for the hospital as well as a future $75 million expansion for ambulatory care, expanded surgery suites and medical training. The hospital has an affiliation with the Moncton based Atlantic Cancer Research Institute. This hospital is managed by Vitalité Health Network.
Maclean's magazine has recently stated that Moncton has the best health care facilities of any of the smaller sized regional cities in Canada.
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