Operating Theatre and Recovery Room

Annually at Western Health, there are  5,000 to 6,000 procedures  requiring anesthesia support performed. Western Health takes pride in the provision of quality surgical services for a variety of specialty procedures including total joint and spinal surgery, cataract surgery and laparoscopic procedures.

Western Memorial Regional Hospital  has six (6) operating rooms (OR) that provide elective and emergency surgical services to the region  24 hours a day. The Postoperative Recovery Room provides care for surgical patients  24 hours a day as well.

Sir Thomas Roddick Hospital has two (2) operating rooms that provide elective and emergency surgical services to the people of the Bay St. George area.   The Postoperative Recovery  Room at that site  can recover 5 patients at one time.    

A waiting room for family members of patients undergoing surgery is located just outside the operating room (OR). Family members can access information about patient's admission/discharge to the Recovery Room by checking with the clerk at the OR desk or by dialing the Recovery Room on the phone just outside the waiting room.

Hours of Operation:
7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday  to Friday  and Emergency coverage on Weekends/Evenings/Nights  

Contact:  
709-637-5000 extension 5326 (Recovery Room) at Western Memorial Regional Hospital                                
709-643-5111 extension 218 at Sir Thomas Roddick Hospital.