Historical Notes


January 1927 marked the beginning of what was to become St. Joseph's Hospital in Gravelbourg, when a committee was established on the request of Doctor Francis Martial Lavoie to plan the hospital.
On July 26th of the same year, two Grey Nuns, Sisters Dupuis and Ducette, arrived from Montreal to choose a site for the hospital and to supervise the work of the construction. The hospital with its 42 beds was officially opened on April 28, 1928. It was demolished in the fall of 1997.

In 1942, a unit of the hospital was reserved for the aged. This was the beginning of the home for the elderly. Although in 1948 efforts were made to provide such a home, it was not until October 4, 1961 that Foyer d'Youville came into being. The original building was torn down in 1996 to make way for the acute care wing of the present facility.





Hospital Characteristics

The modern St. Joseph's Hospital/Foyer d'Youville is a fully accredited integrated facility which officially opened on November 13, 1996 and provides the following:


  • general medical inpatient care (9 beds)
  • outpatient services
  • diagnostic services - radiology, laboratory and electrocardiography
  • respite care
  • Meals on Wheels program
  • on site dietician consultations
  • Spiritual & pastoral care
  • outreach programs
  • palliative care
  • convalescent care
  • long term care (50 beds)
  • Adult Day Service program
  • on site hearing clinic
  • on site psychiatric consultations
  • emergency medical services (ambulance)


Affiliation

St. Joseph's Hospital/Foyer d'Youville, an affiliate of Five Hills Health Region, collaborates and cooperates with other community support and health related services:

  • Single Point of Entry for Long Term Care Services
  • Home Care
  • Cansurmount
  • Gravelbourg Housing Authority
  • Industrie Prairie Industries (Sheltered Workshop)
  • Local physicians
  • Dentist
  • Optometrist
  • Transette Service
  • District Social Services
  • Community Psychiatric Services
  • Local community pharmacists
     
  • Medical consultants (pathology, radiology, orthopedic, obstetrics and gynecology, chiropractic, internal medicine, psychiatry, Medical Health Officer and Public Health)
  • Lions Eye Bank
     
  • Alzheimer's Support Group
     
  • Visiting Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy Services


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