Lamèque Hospital and Community Health Centre
Location
29 De l'Hôpital Street
Lamèque, NB E8T 1C3
Contact
To reserve your place and consult a doctor or nurse practitioner, please call 506-344-3414 as soon as the clinic opens.
We accept requests for telephone appointments up to capacity.
L’Hôpital et CSC de Lamèque offre des services et des programmes fondés sur les besoins et les priorités des collectivités d’Inkerman à Miscou. Des équipes interdisciplinaires et des intervenants en santé offrent des services dans les domaines suivants :
- promotion de la santé;
- prévention des maladies;
- gestion des maladies aiguës et chroniques;
- développement communautaire.
En plus d’offrir des services thérapeutiques, l’établissement offre des services de diagnostic, permettant ainsi à l’équipe médicale de poser des diagnostics et de traiter les patients et/ou de les diriger vers les services nécessaires.
L’Hôpital et CSC de Lamèque comprend 12 lits d’hospitalisation, dont 3 pour les patients en fin de vie (soins palliatifs) et 9 autres pour les patients en attente de placement.
Afin d’améliorer l’accès à des services de santé primaires, des services sont aussi offerts au Centre de santé de Miscou.
L’établissement est fier de pouvoir compter sur de nombreux bénévoles, comme les Dames auxiliaires et les membres d’un comité consultatif communautaire, pour pouvoir offrir des services centrés sur les besoins réels de ses collectivités.
In 1941, upon his arrival in the Lamèque region, Father Louis Morin was quick to note the high number of deaths resulting from a lack of hospital care. With the support of residents and various associations on the island, he approached the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph to persuade them to establish a hospital in the community.
On February 6, 1949, three nuns and Dr. Euchère Cormier were welcomed to the parish. That same year, the Lamèque Hospital Women's Auxiliary started their work. This group of women made sure that the nuns and patients had what was needed for proper care to be provided.
In 1959, an advisory committee received the mandate to build a new hospital because the first one had become too small and was outdated. The ground blessing took place on September 25, 1961 and the tractors were running the very next day. The 42-bed hospital opened its doors in 1963.
In 1972, the provincial government took over the management of the hospital, which until that time had been provided by the Religious Hospitallers.
In 1987, a rehabilitation unit was added to the hospital. In 1992, the number of beds fell to 15.
In 2003, it was announced that a community health centre would be added to the Lamèque Hospital. This meant that health promotion, disease prevention, and chronic disease management capabilities were added.
In 2005, the number of beds fell to 12, with three for end-of-life patients (palliative care) and nine for patients awaiting placement.
