Hospital Services
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital provides a range of inpatient and outpatient health care services, including a 24/7 Emergency Department
Acute Medicine
Care for adult medical patients who are acutely ill and in varying stages of recuperation. Patients on this unit suffer from gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory problems (pneumonia, chronic bronchitis) and cardiovascular disease (stroke, chest pain and heart failure).
Ambulatory Care
Care provided on an outpatient basis, including scheduled procedures and consultations.
Cardiology
Non-invasive diagnostic services, including Echocardiograms, Holter Monitors, Electrocardiograms (ECG), Stress Tests and Arterial Doppler Studies.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy treatments delivered at STEGH allow cancer patients to receive care close to home.
Clinical Nutrition
Nutritional assessment, intervention and education for inpatients and outpatients.
Continuing Care Centre
Temporary care for patients with chronic, complex and multiple non-urgent medical needs who need to stay in hospital for specialized services, rehabilitation, palliative care or transitional care.
Diabetes Education
Assistance for clients with Type 1, Type 2, Pre-Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes.
Diagnostic Imaging
State-of-the-art digital medical imaging that assists physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury.
Emergency Department
A full service Emergency Department with specialty teams to meet the unscheduled and emergent needs of the community.
Food Services
Clinical nutrition services for inpatients, as well as Café offerings for outpatients, visitors and staff.
Having a baby at STEGH
STEGH offers a range of clinical services related to pre-pregnancy and pregnancy care, birth and newborn care.
Health Records/Release of Information
Maintaining the confidentiality, accuracy, integrity and quality of patient information.
Integrated Stroke Unit
Delivering care, service and support to patients who have experienced a stroke.
Intensive Care Unit
Post-surgical care for adults, medical supportive care for critically ill patients, and cardiac monitoring.
Internal Medicine
Outpatient clinics staffed by doctors who specialize in the care of adult patients with a wide variety of medical conditions.
Laboratory Services
Serving the diagnostic needs of our community through sophisticated testing of specimens and tissues. The Lab provides critical service to hospital patients who require diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of medical conditions.
Medical Device Reprocessing
Responsible for the decontamination, inspection, assembly, packaging and sterilization of medical devices.
Mental Health
A 15-bed unit for inpatients requiring hospitalization up to two weeks, and space for related outpatient programs and services.
Physiotherapy
Talbot Trail Physiotherapy runs a clinic out of STEGH and offers a range of health care services.
Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical services that support a high level of inpatient care and functions to promote safe drug use and rational drug therapy.
Rehabilitation Services
A multi-disciplinary team supports patients to optimize independent function before leaving the hospital. The team works with caregivers and community services to develop a collaborative discharge plan.
Respiratory Home Services
In-home care including Respiratory Medication Delivery, Airway Management, Oxygen Therapy and Sleeping Solutions.
Respiratory Services
Respiratory Therapists monitor, assess and treat patients in hospital who require basic or complex cardio-respiratory care.