Norfolk General Hospital

Norfolk General Hospital is a full service hospital conveniently located in the town of Simcoe, serving Norfolk County and surrounding area. NGH is home to health care professionals dedicated to excelling in their sphere and focused on the well-being of their patients and community. Norfolk General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area, and is also recognized as having one of the highest rates of volunteerism in the Province. Staff at Norfolk General Hospital provides patients with a diverse range of clinical services. Our Laboratory has been recognized as a leader in quality, performing some 200,000 tests annually. We have a highly recognized Diabetes Educational Program and an aggressive Infection Control Program. Information Technology at NGH is leading the way in electronic medical record keeping. The Operating Room is equipped with Minimally Invasive Surgical equipment. Some 5,500 procedures are performed annually in four theatres and our endoscopy suite. Norfolk residents have the benefit of reduced travel, faster diagnoses, earlier treatments and discharges with modernized equipment such as our 64-slice Computed Tomography (CT) Scanner and Digital Mammography unit. Norfolk General Hospital Emergency Department reaches beyond a typical small-scale health care facility. Approximately 4,000 patients are admitted annually and some 30,000 attend our Emergency Department. NGH is also proud of its state of the art, six-bed Intensive Care Unit, fully equipped with the latest in cardiac equipment, PAC-MED, Medical Device Reprocessing Department. Norfolk General Hospital is large enough to have advanced technology, but small enough so most of us know each other by name. We pride ourselves on patient and employee safety, support lifelong learning for professional and support staff, and continue to explore innovative ways to deliver compassionate and prompt care, to those we serve.