The Hamilton General Hospital is a major teaching hospital in downtown Hamilton, Canada, on the corners of Barton Street East and Victoria Avenue North. It is operated by Hamilton Health Sciences and is formally affiliated with McMaster University Medical School.HGH is the busiest cardiac surgery hospital in Canada, performing over 1,600 open heart surgeries annually. The hospital generated of research income in 2013, second to the University Health Network amongst research hospitals in Canada, and representing 14.8% of its income.HistoryFounded in 1848, the hospital became a part of Hamilton Health Sciences in 1996 when Hamilton General, Henderson General, McMaster University Medical Centre, McMaster Children's Hospital and Chedoke Hospital merged. This union formed one of the largest teaching hospitals in Ontario, operating across four sites with approximately 8,000 employees and 1,000 physicians. Other hospitals soon followed.FacilitiesThe hospital is equipped with a rooftop helipad. Hamilton General Hospital is a regional centre specializing in cardiac and vascular care, neuroscience, trauma and burn treatment, stroke and rehabilitation. It is home to the state-of-the-art Dofasco Heart Investigation Unit; one of the province’s few rooftop heliports; a Level 1 trauma centre and the second busiest burn unit in Ontario. Also located at the General site are the Regional Rehabilitation Centre and the David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute.
