Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) is located in Barrie, Ontario, approximately 80 kilometres north of Toronto. As the largest hospital in the region of Simcoe Muskoka, RVH’s team of more than 470 physicians, 3,500 employees and 500 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 480-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.
The health centre underwent an expansion which opened in the spring of 2012. This expansion doubled the size of RVH, increasing capacity from 297 to 319 beds and now housing:
A dedicated Coronary Care Unit
An Emergency Department that tripled in size
An expanded Imaging Department which includes space for a second MRI and three interventional radiology suites
A fully automated laboratory with 4.3 million laboratory tests annually
Two new state of the art operating rooms
The Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre which will log more than 90,000 visits in its first year
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 new 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:
Proximity to downtown Toronto: 117 km, 120 minute drive.
Barrie is a vibrant, young city with 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.
