Queensway Carleton Hospital
| Queensway Carleton Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | 3045 Baseline Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 45°20′5.35″N 75°48′27.61″W / 45.3348194°N 75.8076694°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP) |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 355 |
| Helipad | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1976 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
Queensway Carleton Hospital (QCH) is a 355-bed hospital located in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that delivers acute care and is west Ottawa's only full-service hospital.
QCH was officially opened on October 5, 1976, by then Ontario Premier William Davis and currently serves a population of more than 500,000 and is the secondary referral center for the Ottawa Valley. QCH focuses on its cornerstone health care programs: emergency, childbirth, Geriatric, mental health, rehabilitation, medical and surgical, and critical care.
In 2015 QCH obtained its "Accreditation with Exemplary Standing" from Accreditation Canada, the highest award level of accreditation with an overall compliance score of 99.4 (2014/2026 compliant standards) and meeting all 31/31 Required Organizational Practices.
The executive management team is led by President and chief executive officer Dr. Andrew Falconer and the medical team reports to Chief of Staff Dr. Katalin Kovacs. Dr. Falconer replaced Tom Schonberg who died in February 2019.