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Toll-Free:
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To avoid long distance charges to a Halton Healthcare hospital, just dial local hospital number and request to be transferred
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Address:
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3001 Hospital Gate
Oakville, ON
L6M 0L8
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Map
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Intersection:
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Third Line and Dundas St W
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Hours:
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Ask the nurse to call or page
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Service Description:
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Spiritual care services are available to people of all faiths and spiritual perspectives, including:- compassionate listening and companionship
- assessment of spiritual needs
- support during crisis situations
- connection to patient's faith tradition for religious rituals and support
- meditation space and sacred texts
- emotional and spiritual support for experiences of loss and grief, hope and healing
- weekly Christian non-denominational worship (Wednesdays 10:30 am on the 3 North Complex Transitional Care Unit)
Faith leader, rabbi, minister, imam or other religious leader can also attend to patient's needs while they are in hospital * Roman Catholics seeking sacramental care such as Sacrament of Reconciliation and Healing (anointing) or the Eucharist can ask hospital staff to have the hospital's main switchboard page the on-call priest * Eucharistic visits from the local parish can also be arranged
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Application:
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Walk in for emergency department * medical referral required for most other services
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Eligibility / Target Population:
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Patients who need spiritual care
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Languages:
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English
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Language Notes:
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Interpretive services available
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