Calgary Health

• Calgary Cancer Centre handed over to Alberta Health Services as construction wraps up

  The Alberta government has handed the keys for the newly built Calgary Cancer Centre to the agency that delivers health care in the province.

  Health

  Dec 9, 2022
  
• AHS adds heated trailer to accommodate influx of patients at Alberta Children’s Hospital

  Alberta Health Services said on Nov. 25, both the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary and Edmonton's Stollery "were at or above 100 per cent inpatient capacity."

  Health

  Nov 26, 2022
  
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• University of Calgary diagnostic hub aims to advance research into fighting infection

  The Alberta Centre for Advanced Diagnostics aims to become a new hub in the global push to advance diagnotic technology.

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  Nov 7, 2022
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• Potential hepatitis B exposure at closed private Calgary midwifery provider

  The breach at the Calgary Midwives Collective was discovered by Alberta Health Services during a site inspection prompted by a public masking complaint.

  Health

  Sep 15, 2022
• Calgarians waiting longer in hospital emergency rooms: AHS data

  Recent data published by the AHS shows wait times at Calgary's emergency departments have progressively worsened over the past two years. 

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  May 18, 2022
• Calgary to receive new diagnostic tool, facility to diagnosis and treat deadly diseases

  Doctors in Calgary will soon have a new tool to help them diagnose cancer and other diseases. The province announced $18 million for a cyclotron and new facility.

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  Jul 15, 2021
• Emergency room expansion, mental health ICU coming to Calgary’s PLC hospital

  The emergency department will be expanded by 1,500 square metres, the province said, and include new triage and trauma areas as well as a new, closer ambulance drop-off area.

  Health

  Feb 19, 2020
• 200 people possibly exposed to tuberculosis at Calgary high school

  Alberta Health Services is notifying people who may have been exposed to tuberculosis at a Calgary high school.

  Health

  May 22, 2019
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• New cancer support centre soon to be opened in southeast Calgary

  An innovative cancer support centre is nearly halfway through construction. Wellspring is set to unveil its second facility to the public later this summer.

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  May 15, 2019
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• Pet pig and 6-year-old Calgary cancer patient team up at fundraising picnic

  A pig named Smudge tackles agility courses to help an organization that supports families dealing with childhood cancer.

  Features

  May 8, 2019