About Ross Memorial
Ross Memorial Hospital (RMH) is a 187-bed community hospital with a proud history extending back over 120 years. RMH is an active community hospital serving more than 80,000 local residents and 35,000 seasonal visitors. Our hospital is one of the largest employers in the region, with more than 925 staff members, 140 credentialed physicians, and roughly 125 community volunteers. Together, the team provides compassionate, high quality patient care to more than 45,000 emergency patients and 6,000 inpatients each year.
RMH offers a wide variety of acute and continuing care services, including a 24/7/365 emergency department, obstetrics, orthopaedics and ophthalmology, outpatient dialysis, a schedule 1 mental health program, Level 3 Intensive Care Unit, restorative seniors care, rehabilitation and palliative care, a progressive health promotion program for chronic disease management, and a full range of diagnostic imaging, including MRI.
RMH is part of Home and Community Care Support Services - Central East. The closest neighbouring hospitals include Peterborough Regional Health Centre 45 minutes to the east, Haliburton Highlands Health Services one hour to the north and Lakeridge Health in Oshawa, one hour to the south. RMH is the only hospital in the City of Kawartha Lakes, a “cottage country” municipality of 3,000 sq. km located 1½ hours northeast of Toronto.