Services
St. Boniface is one of Manitoba's two tertiary care centres. Patients are usually referred to the hospital by their doctors or clinics for specialized care, but may also be admitted through the emergency department. The Medicine Program is the adult general admissions program. This program admits around 4,000 patients per year, and treats around 40,000 through outpatient clinics. Services include: internal medicine, endocrinology, rheumatology, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, hematology, oncology, pathology and neurology. The outreach program also includes at-home intravenous therapy and nutrition. The hospital has 14 operating rooms; there is also a surgical intensive care unit available for recovery. The surgical department treats over 14,000 patients per year. St. Boniface's emergency department provides acute care for an average of over 100 patients per day. The emergency room has recently been renovated, and the department is currently working to reduce patient wait times.
The Family Medicine Program is designed to encourage disease prevention and health maintenance. It also includes a palliative care unit, the first nationally accredited palliative residency program in Canada. The Rehabilitation Program provides inpatient and outpatient physiotherapy. The Mental Health program provides psychological and counselling services to adult and adolescent patients. It also maintains an inpatient program, and provides stress counselling to hospital staff.
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