Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) is located in Barrie, Ontario, approximately 100 kilometres north of Toronto. As the largest hospital in the region of Simcoe Muskoka, RVH’s team of more than 531 physicians, 3,973 employees and 272 volunteers provides exceptional care and specialty services to almost half a million residents, including cancer care, stroke services, renal, orthopedics, intensive care, mental health (including the only 8-bed child and youth mental health inpatient unit in the region), and interventional radiology. RVH is focused on delivering safe, high-quality care that puts patients and their families first. The 460-bed facility, is currently in the planning stages of an expansion that will double the size of the current campus and a second health centre in Innisfil.
RVH has recently added a new PET/CT scanner, is upgrading the MRI Suite, and launched Flow Cytometry to accelerate cancer diagnosis. RVH is also building a new Centre for Education and Research,which wil house simulation labs, VR training, and research space. The health centre includes:
A dedicated Coronary Care Unit and a Coronary Intervention Unit
An Emergency Department with over 94,000 visits annually
A fully automated laboratory with 2.6 million laboratory tests annually
The Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Program logged more than 146,000 visits last year
A busy Birthing Unit with over 2,000 births per year
Indigenous Patient Services Team
The FMTU is located on site at RVH in a 12,000 square foot purpose built teaching unit. This space is located in the Rotary Place building, and connected to the hospital by an underground tunnel. The FMTU is fully equipped with state of the art equipment, a procedure room, a dedicated classroom, four call rooms and a large resident lounge.
The Area:
Barrie is a vibrant city located approximately 1 hour north of Toronto. Barrie has a spectacular waterfront, abundance of golf, skiing, hiking and biking trails, plus many dining and entertainment amenities. The city offers an affordable cost of living and a highly collegial, social and active medical community. It is a great city for families.
