Clinics and Hospitals

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Whitehorse General Hospital

Whitehorse

Whitehorse General Hospital is Yukon’s primary acute care centre, providing a full range of care, including 24/7 emergency care, inpatient and ambulatory care, surgical services, cancer care, visiting specialists clinics, therapy and lab services, and advanced diagnostic imaging.

Learn more about the Hospital here:

Quick Facts about WGH (for the year ending March 2021) :

  • Size: 56 beds
  • Staff: 686
  • Health Programs & Services: 

    • 24/7 emergency care, inpatient and ambulatory care, surgery, cancer care, visiting specialist clinic, medical rehabilitation (occupational and physical therapy, laboratory services, x-ray, ultrasound, MRI, CT, and mammograph, First Nations Health Programs

  • Admissions:3,465

  • Emergency Visits: 28,360

  • Imaging Visits: 31,474

  • Lab Visits: 26,433

  • Surgeries (same-day & inpatient): 3,282

  • MRI Scans: 2,177

  • Chemotherapy Visits:1,345

  • Specialist Visits: 7,048

  • Therapies Visits (Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy): 3,881

  • Births: 408

Facility details

Lead or Manager

Carly Cox

Number of physicians

n/a

Address

5 Hospital Rd
Whitehorse, YT
Y1A 3H7

I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and your welcoming department in the ER. Everyone, from physicians, nurses, support staff, and patients, was very friendly. It was professionally rewarding to learn and work in a new system. – Dr. Garnett

Contact us

By email

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By phone

(226) 402-3555

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