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Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury (Alberta Hospital Ponoka) Ponoka 52°38′58″N 113°34′25″W / 52.64944°N 113.57361°W / 52.64944; -113.57361 ( Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain
It was opened as the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in 1913. [2] It installed X-ray equipment at an early stage, [1] before joining the National Health Service as Lymington Hospital in 1948. [3] After services were transferred to Lymington New Forest Hospital in 2007, [4] the site was redeveloped for housing. [5]
The board has been chaired by former Alberta premier Ed Stelmach since 2016. [5] According to Covenant Health, it is one of the largest Catholic health care providers in Canada, [6] employing over 11,000 staff, physicians and volunteers in 16 facilities in 11 communities across Alberta in cooperation with Alberta Health Services. [1]
The provincial government announced on December 5, 2022 that the public Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL) was going to be replaced by the private, for-profit Dynalife in providing community lab services in Alberta's large municipalities. By early January 2023, wait times had increased for blood tests that used to be routine and rapid.
The hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace the old Lymington Hospital in 2004. It was designed by Murphy Philipps Architects and constructed by Ryhurst [1] at a cost of £36 million. [2] The hospital was opened on 6 February 2007 by Princess Anne. [2]
Significant budget cuts—of about CA $1 billion—were imposed on AHS by Premier Stelmach, soon after Duckett's appointment. [20] Chris Eagle served as AHS CEO from November 23, 2010, until October 17, 2013. [21] On June 12, 2013, Minister of Health Fred Horne fired the entire AHS Board over its refusal to cancel executive bonuses. [22]
Canadian Blood Services (French: Société canadienne du sang) is a non-profit charitable organization that is independent from the Canadian government. [2] The Canadian Blood Services was established as Canada's blood authority in all provinces and territories except for Quebec in 1998. [3]
Rockyview General Hospital (RGH) is a large hospital. It is located in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on the shores of the Glenmore Reservoir and is administered by Alberta Health Services and formerly by the Calgary Health Region. The hospital contains over 650 beds and provides medical and surgical services to Calgary and Southern Alberta.