Alberta Children's Hospital
Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH) is the largest public hospital for sick children in the prairie provinces, and is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is operated by Alberta Health Services – Calgary Health Region. The new facility opened on September 27, 2006, and is the first free-standing pediatric facility to be built in Canada in more than 20 years. It was originally opened on May 19, 1922, as the Junior Red Cross Children's Hospital. It is located west of the University of Calgary campus grounds and just across from the site of the Foothills Medical Centre.
| Alberta Children's Hospital | |
|---|---|
Alberta Children's Hospital | |
Location of Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 28 Oki Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Coordinates | 51.074444°N 114.148056°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes, Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center |
| Beds | 141 |
| Speciality | Pediatric hospital/Pediatric trauma centre |
| Helipad | TC LID: CAC6 |
| History | |
| Opened | September 27, 2006 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
ACH is one of several children's hospitals in Canada (others being Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada in Montreal, Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine in Montréal, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, The Children's Hospital of Winnipeg in Winnipeg, Children's Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ontario, BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver and IWK Health Centre in Halifax).