Lakeridge Health Ajax and Pickering

[3] The hospital has a capacity of 144 beds,[citation needed] and is raising $5 million to procure a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine to support the large population growth in the area.

[4] The Emergency Department was originally designed to accommodate 20,000 visits a year, but now routinely handles 45,000.

[6] The services offered by the Ajax Pickering Hospital are as follows: The Shoulder Centre, inpatient and outpatient surgery, women's and children's health, critical care, diagnostic imaging, outpatient mental health services, cardiac care, diabetes education and laboratory services.

[6] The hospital is equipped with a ground level heliport located to the southwest near the wood area.

Patients will need to travel by ambulance from heliport to the interior of the building to get to the emergency department.