Peter Lougheed Centre
Hospital in Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) is a 506,000 square foot hospital in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is under the auspices of Alberta Health Services, formerly the Calgary Health Region, providing medical and surgical services to Calgary but also Southern Alberta. The PLC has a 24 hours emergency department, an intensive care unit (ICU), and offers ambulatory care. It was named after Peter Lougheed, who served as premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985. The hospital opened in 1988 with 500 beds, and today contains over 600 beds. The new East Wing was completed in 2008 and includes 140 inpatient beds, as well as a new intensive care and coronary care unit. It was also designed with a new roof-top helipad for emergency services.[1]
Peter Lougheed Centre | |
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Alberta Health Services | |
Geography | |
Location | 3500 26 Ave NE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Coordinates | 51.079°N 113.984°W / 51.079; -113.984 |
Organization | |
Care system | Public, Medicare |
Funding | Public hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 600+ |
Helipad | TC LID: CLC3 |
History | |
Opened | 1988 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |