Lakeridge Health Ajax and Pickering
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Lakeridge Health Ajax and Pickering is a hospital in Ajax, Ontario, Canada that is operated by Lakeridge Health. The hospital opened in 1954 as the Ajax and Pickering General Hospital.
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Lakeridge Health | |
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Location | Ajax, Durham, Ontario, Canada |
Coordinates | 43.8369°N 79.0169°W / 43.8369; -79.0169 |
Organization | |
Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP) |
Type | General |
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Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 144 |
Helipad | TC LID: CPE2 |
History | |
Opened | 1954 (1954) |
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Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
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It was founded in 1954 as the Ajax and Pickering General Hospital with 38 patient beds. New four-storey wings were added in 1964 and 1994. A major $80 million redevelopment project was completed in 2010.[1] Almost 25 percent of the hospital was renovated.[2]
Management of the site was transferred from Rouge Valley Health System to Lakeridge Health effective December 1, 2016.[3]