Halifax Health Details

The following information was provided by the American Hospital Association.

General Information

Operated by: Hospital district or authority	Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Number of Beds: 632	Parent system:

Services Provided

Inpatient

• Birthing room
• Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
• End-of-life services (Hospice*, Pain management* and Palliative care*)
• Heart surgery (adult)
• Hospitalists
• Infection isolation room
• Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
• Neonatal intensive care
• Cancer services
• Psychiatric care (Partial hospitalization* and Psychiatric emergency services)

Outpatient

• Bariatric/weight control services
• Certified trauma center
• Chemotherapy
• Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
• Fitness center
• Genetic testing/counseling
• Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
• Kidney dialysis
• Chemotherapy
• Physical rehabilitation*
• Psychiatric services (Child/adolescent services, Consultation, Geriatric services and Outpatient care*)
• Stop-smoking program
• Sports medicine
• Urgent-care center*
• Women's health center
• Wound management services

Patient/Family Support Services

• Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
• Cancer services
• Patient support groups
• Patient representative/ombusdman

Imaging Services (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)

• CT scanner
• Diagnostic radioisotope facility
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Multislice spiral CT
• Single photon emission CT
• Ultrasound

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Employed Staff

Full Time		Part Time
Physicians and dentists*:	73	Physicians and dentists*:	7
Registered nurses:	640	Registered nurses:	422
Licensed practical nurses:	71	Licensed practical nurses:	48
Faculty Personnel:	NA	Faculty Personnel:	NA

Statistics

Admissions:	24,640	Inpatient surgeries:	6,027
Outpatient visits:	290,181	Emergency room visits:	122,587
Births:	1,967	Number of Beds:	632

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