Chinook Regional Hospital
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'''Chinook Regional Hospital''' is the main hospital in [[southern Alberta]] and offers many of the health care services for [[Chinook Health]]. The hospital services a population of over 150,000.
==History==
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The first hospital in [[Lethbridge]] opened in 1891 by the family of [[Alexander Tilloch Galt|Alexander Galt]], a local entrepreneur.<ref name="sun-times=">{{cite news | last = Doerksen | first = Lisa | title = City's hospital history has a storied past | work = SunTimes | pages = 1–2 | language = English | publisher = Lethbridge Herald | date = 2006-12-27}}</ref> The building now houses the [[Galt Museum & Archives|Galt Museum]].
The [[Congregation of the Immaculate Conception|Sisters of St. Martha]] opened the St. Michael's Hospital at 13 Street South and 9 Avenue South in 1929.<ref>{{cite web | title = College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta Districts Fonds Part 2 | work = Nursing History: CARNA Museum & Archives | publisher = College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta | url = http://www.nurses.ab.ca/museum/fonds2.html | accessdate = 2006-12-27}}</ref> In 1955, the [[Lethbridge City Council|city]] built a municipal hospital nearby where the CRH is located today.<ref name="sun-times="/>
Up until 1960, both hospitals received several expansions. The Alberta Department of Health later evaluated them and discovered both needed substantial structural upgrades. The decision was made to rebuild the municipal hospital and redesign St. Michael's as a long-term facility.<ref name="sun-times="/>
Despite proposals of several locations for the new hospital, ultimately the hospital was built on the same lot as the municipal hospital allowing the latter to still operate during construction.<ref name="sun-times="/>
The Lethbridge Regional Hospital opened [[24 June]] [[1988]] at the cost of $118 million.<ref name="sun-times="/> The hospital was renamed the Chinook Regional Hospital in 2006.
==Services==
Some of the services provided include the following:
* Acute geriatrics
* Emergency
* Intensive care
* Mental health
* Obstetrics
* Surgery
The facility has over 225 acute care beds, 45 acute geriatrics beds and more than 15 bassinets.
==Heliport==
The hospital is equipped with a helipad for transporting patients to [[Calgary]]. Its elevation is 912 m (2,993 ft) and its main user is the [[Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society|STARS]] [[air ambulance]] service.
==Notes==
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[[Category:Hospitals in Alberta]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lethbridge]]
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