Laboratory Services

The Watson Lake Community Hospital lab performs a variety of routine, urgent and emergency testing that support your caregivers by helping to diagnose and determine the best course of treatment. All lab tests must be ordered by a physician.
The WLCH lab is open Monday - Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for outpatient bookings. For inpatients, a combined lab/x-ray technologist is on-site from Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. Register at the Admitting & Discharge reception desk located in the hospital’s main lobby.
What we do
Outpatient
- Blood count
- Blood sugar
- Urinalysis
- Urine pregnancy test
- Stool for occult blood
Emergency
- Cardiac markers
- Electrolytes
- Blood gases
- INR
The WLCH lab may also collect specimens for all other blood tests that need to be sent to the lab at Whitehorse General Hospital or to a facility outside the territory for processing.