Royal Jubilee Hospital

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Royal Jubilee Hospital
Island Health
Royal Jubilee Hospital is located in British Columbia
Royal Jubilee Hospital
Location in British Columbia
Geography
LocationVictoria, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates48°26′00″N 123°19′39″W / 48.4334°N 123.3274°W / 48.4334; -123.3274
Organization
Care systemPublic Medicare (Canada)
TypeGeneral
Affiliated universityUniversity of British Columbia
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds500
HelipadTC LID: CBK8
History
OpenedMay 20, 1890[1]
Links
Websitewww.islandhealth.ca/our-locations/hospitals-health-centre-locations/royal-jubilee-hospital-rjh
ListsHospitals in Canada

Royal Jubilee Hospital is a 500-bed general hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada located about 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the city centre, in the Jubilee neighbourhood (itself named after the hospital).

Overview[edit]

Its name commemorates the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. Founded in 1890, Royal Jubilee was Victoria's main hospital until 1983, when an expanded Victoria General Hospital re-opened in the suburban municipality of View Royal.[2] Royal Jubilee offers critical-care, surgery, diagnostics, emergency facilities and other patient programs. It has a particular focus on cardiac medicine.[3]

In 2007, the British Columbia government announced that it would expand and renovate the hospital, increasing the number of beds to 500 and replacing many buildings.[4] The new 500-bed patient care centre (PCC) was opened to the public in early 2011.

Campus map[edit]

Island Health hosts a PDF campus map for the Royal Jubilee Hospital, as well as the variety of services offered at RJH.[5]

Begbie Hall[edit]

Begbie Hall, a three-storey former nurses' residence at the hospital, was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1989 to commemorate the growing professionalism of nursing in the early 20th century and the contribution of nurses to health care in Canada.[6] Today, Begbie Hall is used for administrative offices, and contains the Woodward Theatre for meetings. The Woodward Theatre was apparently the original cafeteria for the resident nurses.[7] The Island Health Board of Directors removed the name Begbie from the building in 2021.[8]

Pemberton Memorial Operating Room[edit]

The octagonal Pemberton Memorial Operating Room, completed in 1896, was designated a National Historic Site in 2005. It is an octagonal brick operating room; a rare surviving example of a late 19th-century surgical facility from the period when hospitals were transitioning from primarily charitable to scientific institutions.[9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ewert, Henry (1986). The story of the B.C. Electric Railway Company. North Vancouver, B.C.: Whitecap Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-0920620540.
  2. ^ Victoria Hospitals Foundation: Milestones
  3. ^ University of British Columbia, Department of Orthopaedics: Vancouver Island Health Authority
  4. ^ Premier Gordon Campbell's Video Gallery: New Royal Jubilee Hospital
  5. ^ "Royal Jubilee Hospital Parking Map" (PDF). Island Health. October 1, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  6. ^ Begbie Hall. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  7. ^ Personal anecdote, current employee. Needs to be confirmed. April, 2014.
  8. ^ "Comment: Taking action toward reconciliation at Island Health". Victoria Times Colonist. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  9. ^ Pemberton Memorial Operating Room. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
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