Alberta Children Hospital in Alberta - Canada

The Alberta Children's Hospital opened in Calgary, Alberta in September 2006, becoming the first free-standing pediatric facility to be built in Canada in more than 20 years.The hospital was designed by the people who use the building the most - patients, families, physicians and staff. In 2002, architects created renderings of how the hospital could look. These drawings were brought to the hospital's Teen Advisory Group and changed beyond recognition into a colourful, child-friendly building resembling toy building blocks. This is how the building looks today as it overlooks downtown Calgary, the Bow River and the Rocky Mountains.

The Alberta Children's Hospital is used by patients from birth to age 18 from southern Alberta, southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Saskatchewan as multi-disciplinary teams work together to promote healing through family-centred care. Children are not just little adults; this is especially true in a health care environment. Parents and families participate in treatment decisions, post-operative and ongoing care plans as members of multi-disciplinary teams. This is family-centred care. Healthcare professionals are the experts on health and disease. Families are the experts on their child and can offer essential information to enhance their child's health care.

Services:
Day Surgery
Diagnostic Imaging
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Family and Community Resource Centre
Spiritual Care
Therapeutic Arts Program
Emily's Backyard Child Care

Contact:
2888 Shaganappi Trail NW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T3B 6A8
Tel: (403) 955-7211, 955-7600
Web: http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/ACH