Calgary Health Region was formerly the governing body for healthcare regulation in an area of the Canadian province of Alberta . It was amalgamated with other regional health authorities in 2008 to become part of Alberta Health Services . The region administered facilities in the communities of:
8-785: The entire region was a member of the Planetree Alliance , a nonprofit association of health-care institutions, set up to promote practices to make patients less intimidated and more comfortable with the health care they receive. Calgary Health Region administered 43 health care centres and 12 acute care sites (hospitals). Hospitals include Alberta Children's Hospital , Foothills Medical Centre , Peter Lougheed Centre , and Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary , Banff Mineral Springs Hospital in Banff , Oilfields General Hospital in Black Diamond , Canmore General Hospital in Canmore , Claresholm General Hospital in Claresholm and High River General Hospital in High River . The Sheldon M. Chumir Centre and Richmond Road Diagnostic Centre (located in
16-686: The Junior Red Cross Children's Hospital . Its current building, opened on September 27, 2006, is the largest children's hospital in the prairie provinces and was the first free-standing pediatric facility to be built in Canada in more than 20 years. It is located west of the University of Calgary campus grounds and just across from the site of the Foothills Medical Centre . The Alberta Children's Hospital
24-772: The Southland Park office complex in Southwood, Calgary are still occupied by Alberta Health Services staff, as part of the Calgary Zone of the AHS. Alberta Children%27s Hospital Alberta Children's Hospital ( ACH ) is a children's hospital located in Calgary , Alberta , Canada and operated by the Calgary Health Region of Alberta Health Services . It originally opened on May 19, 1922 as
32-607: The Trauma Association of Canada. Additionally, the ACH is the provincial expert and referral centre for bone marrow transplantation, and is the leader in Western Canada (which is rapidly establishing itself as the national leader), for pediatric neurosciences . It also is the only pediatric hospital in Canada that consists of a comprehensive Behavioral Unit, is the world leader in congenital cataracts surgery, and has
40-489: The largest pediatric vision clinic in all of Western Canada. The Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute for Child and Maternal Health (ACHRI) is the Alberta Children's Hospital's affiliated research institute, and has a team of over 150 involved in the study of human development from embryo to adulthood. The facility operates 34 clinics : Clinic Too Many Requests If you report this error to
48-486: The old Alberta Children's Hospital building) became new care facility additions to the Calgary Health Region before the reorganization. The CHR was formerly known as Calgary Regional Health Authority (CRHA) until 2000 when it adopted its new designation. In 2009 sites and services within the former Region were renamed within AHS, many becoming part of the new Calgary Zone. The Region's former offices in
56-429: Was designed with substantial input from young patients, as well as families, physicians and staff of the hospital. In 2002, architects created renderings of how the hospital could look; a multi-storey brick building. These drawings were brought to the hospital's Teen Advisory Group (TAG) and changed substantially into a colourful building closely resembling toy building blocks. The idea for the Alberta Children's Hospital
64-431: Was to create a building that would reduce stress and promote healing. The interior of the hospital has been designed to enable the delivery of family centred care. The hospital includes supports for families. The Alberta Children's Hospital is used by patients from birth to age 18 from southern Alberta , southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Saskatchewan . It is an accredited pediatric level I trauma centre by
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