Alberta Children's Hospital
| Alberta Children's Hospital | |
|---|---|
Alberta Children's Hospital | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 28 Oki Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Coordinates | 51°04′28″N 114°08′53″W / 51.074444°N 114.148056°W |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes, Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center |
| Beds | 150 |
| Speciality | Pediatric hospital/Pediatric trauma centre |
| Helipad | TC LID: CAC6 |
| Public transit access | |
| History | |
| Opened | May 19, 1922 (as Junior Red Cross Children's Hospital) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals 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. 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. It is located west of the University of Calgary campus grounds and across from the site of the Foothills Medical Centre.
Nicole Rocha Silveira, a Brazilian skeleton racer and former bobsledder also holds a nursing degree and works as a nurse at the Alberta Children's Hospital, having been on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic.