Foothills Medical Centre

• AHS breaks down vaccination data of COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak at Calgary hospital

  Alberta Health Services released more information Friday about the vaccination status of the health-care workers and patients who have tested positive for the variant.

  Health

  Jun 11
• COVID-19 Delta variant spreads inside Calgary hospital; 16 cases linked to 2 outbreaks

  "As of June 7, 2021, AHS has identified 16 cases of the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant in patients on two units at Foothills Medical Centre."

  Health

  Jun 8
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• Calgary police say woman who went missing from Foothills hospital found safe

  Calgary police say a woman who went missing from the Foothills Medical Centre on Sunday, has been found safe. 

  Canada

  Mar 8
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• DNA leads to charges in 1981 sexual assaults reported at Foothills hospital campus

  Police said 64-year-old Patrick Zamora was charged with one count of rape and one count of rape and choking, as the crimes were defined in the Criminal Code of Canada at the time. 

  Crime

  Feb 16
• Calgary nurse’s post defending front-line workers to ‘internet trolls’ goes viral

  A Calgary nurse's honest and compassionate message to essential workers -- as well as internet trolls -- has gone viral.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2020
• 1 person dies in connection to Calgary hospital COVID-19 outbreak: AHS

  "We are saddened to report that one patient linked to the outbreak has died," AHS spokesperson Kristin Whitworth said in a statement.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2020
• Transport service helps provide best outcome for critically ill babies in southern Alberta

  "If we weren't able to have her moved quickly, and then be able to stabilize her quickly, she wouldn't have survived. Not a chance," Kristine Russell said.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2020
• Union members rally outside Alberta hospitals to support health-care workers

  Those attending the rallies are asking Alberta’s provincial government to reinstate pandemic pay and isolation pay and to reverse a decision to cut 11,000 Alberta Health Services jobs.

  Health

  Nov 5, 2020
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• Calgary doctor calls for urgency in hospital COVID-19 outbreak reports to prevent future situations

  Dr. Deena Hinshaw said the high hospitalization numbers in the province are due in large part to the outbreaks in hospitals, two more of which had outbreaks declared on Friday.

  Health

  Oct 16, 2020
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• Investigation points to multiple sources for COVID-19 outbreaks at Foothills hospital

  It's been nearly a month since the first of several outbreaks of COVID-19 was declared at the Foothills Medical Centre, and officials still have yet to determine how the virus got into the hospital, or how it spread.

  Health

  Oct 15, 2020