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The Niagara Health System, or Niagara Health (NH) is a multi-site hospital amalgamation, comprising the following sites serving over 450,000 residents across the 12 municipalities making up the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Canada.


 * Douglas Memorial Site in Fort Erie
 * Greater Niagara General Site in Niagara Falls
 * Satellite Dialysis Centre in Niagara Falls
 * Port Colborne Site
 * St. Catharines Site
 * Welland Site
 * Long-Term Care Home in Welland
 * Mental Health and Addictions at 264 Welland Ave., St. Catharines

NH has more than 900 Acute Care, Complex Continuing Care, Mental Health, Long Term Care and Addiction Treatment beds. Several inpatient and outpatient clinics/services are provided across the sites. It is one of Ontario's largest hospital systems, with 4,800 employees, 600 physicians and 850 volunteers, with an annual operating budget of approximately $550 million.

History
Niagara Health is the result of a government directive, in 1999, to amalgamate the 8 hospital sites serving the Regional Municipality of Niagara. At that time, the St. Catharines community was served by the Shaver Hospital, for chronic care, the Hotel Dieu Hospital, a Catholic acute care facility managed by the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph, and the St. Catharines General Hospital. With amalgamation, the Hotel Dieu became part of Niagara Health, called the Ontario Street Site. Meanwhile, the Shaver was assumed by Hotel Dieu management and is now Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre.

In 2013, Niagara Health opened the St. Catharines Site, replacing the St. Catharines General and Ontario Street sites. Cancer Care, Cardiac Care and an expanded Mental Health and Addictions Program are just a few of the new services provided in the Niagara Region.

The town of Niagara-on-the-Lake now owns the Niagara-on-the-Lake Site as of August 2018.