Peter Lougheed Centre

Peter Lougheed Centre
Alberta Health Services
The main entrance of the Peter Lougheed Centre
Location in Calgary
Geography
Location	3500 26 Ave NE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates	51°04′44″N 113°59′02″W / 51.079°N 113.984°W / 51.079; -113.984
Organization
Care system	Public, Medicare
Funding	Public hospital
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	600+
Helipad	TC LID: CLC3
History
Opened	1988
Links
Website	www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/facility.aspx?id=2
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) is a 506,000 square foot hospital in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is under the auspices of Alberta Health Services, formerly the Calgary Health Region, providing medical and surgical services to Calgary but also Southern Alberta. The PLC has a 24 hours emergency department, an intensive care unit (ICU), and offers ambulatory care. It was named after Peter Lougheed, who served as premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985. The hospital opened in 1988 with 500 beds, and today contains over 600 beds. The new East Wing was completed in 2008 and includes 140 inpatient beds, as well as a new intensive care and coronary care unit. It was also designed with a new roof-top helipad for emergency services.^[1]