Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre

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Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre is a large teaching hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It mainly treats adults, while children are cared for at the IWK Health Centre. The QEII is part of the Nova Scotia Health Authority and is affiliated with Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine.

In 1994, the QEII was created by merging four Halifax centers: Victoria General Hospital, Camp Hill Medical Centre, Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, and the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre. The old Halifax Infirmary and Camp Hill Hospital had already merged in 1988 to form Camp Hill Medical Centre. The hospital was named after Queen Elizabeth II, and the merger was completed in 1996.

Key history highlights:
- Halifax Infirmary began in 1886; a new building opened in 1933 and the hospital came under government control in 1973.
- Camp Hill Hospital opened in 1917; Abbie J. Lane Hospital and the Camp Hill Veterans’ Memorial Building were added later, and these facilities merged to form Camp Hill Medical Centre.
- Victoria General Hospital was established in 1887; a larger Victoria General Hospital opened in 1948 near the future IWK site.
- A new 450-bed Halifax Infirmary opened in 1996 on the Camp Hill Summer Street campus; the emergency department began in 1997.
- A 672-space parking garage opened in 2003; the Charles V. Keating Emergency and Trauma Centre opened in 2009.

Note: Some water pipes at the QEII have carried Legionella bacteria since the 1980s, making water undrinkable in some buildings at times.

The QEII occupies about 10 buildings on two Halifax Peninsula campuses. It has a Level I trauma center and a helipad. Address: 1276 South Park Street, Halifax, NS B3H 2Y9.