The Surgical Program provides perioperative care to patients of all ages requiring surgery, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  The surgical services include dental, ear/nose/throat, general, gynaecology, maxillo-facial, ophthalmology, orthopedic, thoracic, and urology.  In addition, caesarean sections and endoscopic procedures are performed in the Surgical Suite.  The units providing the perioperative care include the Surgical Suite, the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit, the Outpatient Surgical Department, the Second North Surgery Inpatient Unit and the Family Centred Maternal Child Care Unit.  In addition to the continuum of care provided to surgical patients, the Surgical Program provides coronary or intensive care to patients in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and obstetrical, pediatric or neonatal intensive care to patients in the Family Centred Maternal Child Care Unit.

24/7 on call coverage is provided for the program by OR nursing staff, a surgeon, an anaesthetist, an obstetrician, a pediatrician and an internal medicine physician.

The Surgical Program is responsible for the coordination of the following within the Health Centre:

• Surgical Suite including Operating Room (OR)  and  Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU)
• Outpatient Surgery Department
• Inpatient Surgery Unit including and a Pre-Op Holding Unit  
• Family Centred Maternal Child Care Unit (FCMCCU)
• Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) and Constant Observation Unit (COU)