Foothills Medical Centre

• Break-in, vandalism at Foothills Medical Centre delays surgeries

  Alberta Health Services had to reschedule a handful of surgeries after there were reports of someone breaking in and vandalizing the inside of one of the hospital buildings.

  Crime

  Mar 22
  
• Calgary becomes training hub for new miniaturized pacemaker: ‘Game changer’

  ``That's really rewarding, taking the device from a place where it is a slight inconvenience to a place where they forget they have it.''

  Health

  Feb 9
  
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• Indigenous man furious after mother put in ‘storage room’ after being discharged from Calgary hospital

  Bradford Mistakenchief's mother was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer and was only given 18 months to live.

  Health

  Feb 7
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• Albertans with eating disorders ‘not sick enough’ for hospital admission

  A study shows people suffering from easting disorders do not know where to go if they are “not sick enough” to be admitted to the hospital.

  Health

  Feb 5
• ‘It really shook me’: Calgary surgeon spearheads drive to send supplies to Ukraine

  Fedak put together a cardiac care package that includes about 30 boxes of PPE, dressings, catheters, syringes, surgical gowns and defibrillator electrodes.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2022
• Local philanthropic foundation donates $10M for new NICU in Calgary hospital

  The Taylor Family Foundation is a registered public philanthropic foundation that provides monetary gifts in areas such as health, education, history and the arts.

  Health

  Nov 16, 2022
• Calgary nurse born in fire hall reunites with biological mom, delivery doctor

  A Calgary nurse born in a fire hall 40 years ago reunites with her biological mom and the people who delivered her after she learned a recent patient was her delivery doctor.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2022
• STARS transporting woman in life-threatening condition after crash near Acme, Alta.

  STARS was dispatched and transported the woman to Foothills Medical Centre for further treatment.

  Traffic

  Aug 22, 2022
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• Pedestrian in serious condition after northwest Calgary crash

  The call came in around 7:45 a.m. The incident happened around the 1400 block of 29 Street N.W., near one of the main vehicle entrances to Foothills Medical Centre.

  Traffic

  Aug 18, 2022
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• Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre getting new operating rooms under Alberta Surgical Initiative Capital Program

  Nearly half of the $133 million for the Alberta Surgical Initiative Capital Program will be spent at Calgary's Foothills Medical Centre for 11 new operating rooms.

  Health

  Feb 25, 2022