Mills Memorial Hospital
Mills Memorial Hospital | |
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Northern Health | |
![]() ![]() Location in British Columbia | |
Geography | |
Location | Terrace, Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada |
Coordinates | 54°30′37″N 128°35′46″W / 54.5104°N 128.5961°WCoordinates: 54°30′37″N 128°35′46″W / 54.5104°N 128.5961°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) |
Hospital type | General |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes, Level V trauma center |
Links | |
Website | www.rdks.bc.ca |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
Mills Memorial Hospital is a medical facility located in Terrace, British Columbia with 39 acute care beds. Mills Memorial operates within the North West Regional Hospital District, an area in northern British Columbia designated by provincial law for the purposes of funding and operating hospitals in the area. The North West Regional Hospital District is under the jurisdiction of Northern Health, an administrative body responsible for the delivery of health care services across northern British Columbia. The facility is also supported by a volunteer hospital auxiliary.[1]
Mills Memorial also serves nearby communities such as Kitimat. BC Transit routes include bus service between Kitimat and the hospital.[2]
History
There is some debate surrounding the history of the name of Mills Memorial.
Some local residents and historians believe that the hospital was named after Robert Mills, a UBC honours engineering professor, and decorated soldier. Robert Mills helped to build the railway throughout British Columbia, and also built multiple structures throughout north western British Columbia, including work on the hospital. Robert Mills' family still resides in the area, some of whom work as doctors, veterinarians, lawyers, and teachers in north west British Columbia. The Mills name has a rich history in the area.
Other community members believe that the hospital was named after Dr. Stanley Gordon Mills b- Aug 13, 1885 at 50 Garry St. in Winnipeg MB d- May 21, 1961, DOA Terrace District Hospital*, Terrace BC, age 75 Died from a fire in his residence where he was sleeping.
buried in Kitsumgallum Cemetery, Terrace BC.
- later became Mills Memorial Hospital in his honour.
father- George Gordon Mills, b- Simcoe Co., ON, Canada (1850-1932) Barrister, founder of the firm Mills & Mills. mother- Kitty Carolina Jones, b- Gawler, South Australia (1860-1938)
He was age 43 living in Rock Bay BC, when he married married Edith Jean Parker Sept 8, 1928, in St. Mary's Church, Kerrisdale, Vancouver BC b- Apr 14, 1905, Regina SK (Minnatonas, MB in Wedding cert?) d- May 21, 1961 Lazelle Ave, Terrace BC, age 56 buried in Kitsumgallum Cemetery, Terrace BC. Died from a fire in Her residence where she was sleeping. She was age 24, a Registered Nurse,
living in Chilliwack BC when she married.
father- Herbert Parker, b- Woodstock, ON (Winnipeg MB?) mother- Jennie Jess, b- Quebec (Minatonis MB?)
son- Stanley "Parker" Gordon Mills elected on Terrace's First Council ca 1960
Dr. Mills Bio
Served in WWI, enlisting in Toronto, ON, Apr 20, 1915 attained rank of Captain
Dr. Mills came to Terrace in May 7, 1930
to take over a one bed Hospital
from Dr. Brummitt.
Dr. Mills retired as a Medical Doctor in 1957
Amenities
- Emergency services
- Laboratory and radiology (x-ray) services
- Obstetrical care
- Outpatient ambulatory-care procedures
- Renal services and hemodialysis unit[3]
- Mammography screening program[3]
- A 10-bed psychiatric unit[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Some things worked: The best – or worst – planning decisions made in the Lower Mainland". Terrace Standard. Black Press. 2011-01-15. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
- ↑ Route 11 — Terrace-Kitimat Connector To Terrace
- 1 2 Services offered at this location
- ↑ Depression and Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Techniques
- ↑ Hospitals and Provincial Mental Health Facilities in British Columbia that can Admit Involuntary Patients (Designated Facilities)