Grey Nuns Community Hospital | |
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Covenant Health/ Alberta Health Services | |
![]() The Grey Nuns Community Hospital | |
Geography | |
Location | 1100 Youville Drive West Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Coordinates | 53°27′43″N 113°25′46″W / 53.461826°N 113.429443°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Medicare |
Funding | Government hospital |
Type | Acute Care |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Affiliated university | University of Alberta |
Network | Alberta Health Services |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 363 [1] |
Helipad | TC LID: CES8 |
Public transit access |
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History | |
Opened | 1988 |
Links | |
Website | www.covenanthealth.ca |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
The Grey Nuns Community Hospital is an acute care hospital located in the Mill Woods area of south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Grey Nuns Community Hospital provides a full range of services including a 24-hour Emergency Department. The 14-bed tertiary palliative care unit is known for its delivery of care and teaching practices. [1] The hospital traces its roots to the Grey Nuns of Montreal who sent Sister Emery (Zoe LeBlanc [2]), Adel Lamy and Alphonse (Marie Jacques) [3] to the Edmonton area in 1859. [4]
The Grey Nuns Community Hospital offers a wide range of services. [5]
Lorne Warneke opened the first gender identity clinic in Canada at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital in 1996, where he served as medical director until retiring in 2017. [6] [7] Warneke was a major advocate for transgender rights and played an important role in getting Alberta Health Services to cover gender reassignment surgery in 1984, and again in 2010. [8] [9] [10]
Grey Nuns Community Hospital | |
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Covenant Health/ Alberta Health Services | |
![]() The Grey Nuns Community Hospital | |
Geography | |
Location | 1100 Youville Drive West Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Coordinates | 53°27′43″N 113°25′46″W / 53.461826°N 113.429443°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Medicare |
Funding | Government hospital |
Type | Acute Care |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Affiliated university | University of Alberta |
Network | Alberta Health Services |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 363 [1] |
Helipad | TC LID: CES8 |
Public transit access |
![]() ![]() ![]() |
History | |
Opened | 1988 |
Links | |
Website | www.covenanthealth.ca |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
The Grey Nuns Community Hospital is an acute care hospital located in the Mill Woods area of south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Grey Nuns Community Hospital provides a full range of services including a 24-hour Emergency Department. The 14-bed tertiary palliative care unit is known for its delivery of care and teaching practices. [1] The hospital traces its roots to the Grey Nuns of Montreal who sent Sister Emery (Zoe LeBlanc [2]), Adel Lamy and Alphonse (Marie Jacques) [3] to the Edmonton area in 1859. [4]
The Grey Nuns Community Hospital offers a wide range of services. [5]
Lorne Warneke opened the first gender identity clinic in Canada at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital in 1996, where he served as medical director until retiring in 2017. [6] [7] Warneke was a major advocate for transgender rights and played an important role in getting Alberta Health Services to cover gender reassignment surgery in 1984, and again in 2010. [8] [9] [10]