Alberta Children's Hospital

Alberta Children's Hospital
Alberta Children's Hospital
Alberta Children's Hospital is located in Calgary
Alberta Children's Hospital
Location of Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary
Geography
Location28 Oki Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates51°04′28″N 114°08′53″W / 51.074444°N 114.148056°W / 51.074444; -114.148056
Organization
Care systemPublic Medicare (Canada)
TypeSpecialist
Services
Emergency departmentYes, Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center
Beds150 [1]
SpecialityPediatric hospital/Pediatric trauma centre
HelipadTC LID: CAC6
Public transit access
History
OpenedMay 19, 1922; 102 years ago (1922-05-19) (as Junior Red Cross Children's Hospital)
Links
Websitewww.childrenshospital.ab.ca
ListsHospitals in Canada

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 the Junior Red Cross Children's Hospital.[2] 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.[citation needed] It is located west of the University of Calgary campus grounds and just across from the site of the Foothills Medical Centre.

  1. ^ https://achpccg.com/about/alberta-childrens-hospital/
  2. ^ Coppes-Zantinga, Arty (1997). The child in the centre : seventy-five years at the Alberta Children's Hospital. Calgary: University of Calgary Press. p. 61. ISBN 1-895176-99-9.