Delta Hospital

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Delta Hospital is a community hospital owned and operated by the Fraser Health Authority in the city of Delta, British Columbia.Health servicesDelta Hospital is a 58-bed acute-care hospital that provides inpatient and outpatient services to a catchment area of more than 100,000 residents of Ladner, Tsawwassen, North Delta and the Tsawwassen First Nation. The hospital employs more than 580 workers.Health services include: 24/7 emergency carediagnostic imaginggeneral surgery About 5,000 day surgeries are performed at the hospital each year. About 31,000 patients visit the Emergency Department, 34,000 visit for ambulatory care, and 29,000 tested for diagnostic imaging annually. The laboratory performs about 500,000 tests annually. The hospital also has Mountain View Manor on site that is a 92-bed residential care facility.Neighbouring facilities are the Delta Hospice Society, the municipal City Hall and the Ladner Leisure Centre.The annual operating budget for Delta Hospital is $43.2 million, an increase of 72 per cent since 2004/05 when the budget was $25.1 million. Fraser Health also funds $55 million in public health, mental health, home care, residential care, assisted living and hospice services in Delta community.