Rockyview General Hospital

Infobox Hospital
Name = Rockyview General Hospital
Org/Group = Calgary Health Region

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Caption = RGH overlooking the Glenmore Reservoir

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Location of Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary

Location = 7007 - 14 Street SW
Region = Calgary
State = Alberta
Country = Canada
HealthCare = Public, Medicare
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Emergency = Yes
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Beds = 642
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Rockyview General Hospital (RGH) is a large hospital in Alberta, Canada. It is located in the city of Calgary, on the shores of the Glenmore Reservoir and is administered by the Calgary Health Region.

The hospital contains 642 beds and provides medical and surgical services to Calgary and southern Alberta. It has a 24 hours emergency service, an intensive care unit, maternal newborn program, day surgery unit, mental health and psychiatric service,senior health and ambulatory care. The "Lions Eye Bank" is a regional centre for recovery of donated eye tissue for corneal transplants.

The building was designed by Culham Pedersen Valentine, and built at a cost of $90 Million. [Cite web| url= http://www.aaa.ab.ca/pages/public/csaa/csaa-92.htm | title= Rockyview General Hospital - the Highwood Building | author= Alberta Association of Architects | accessdate= 2007-03-08] It had a total surface of 69,952 m², and an additional 23,000 m² were added in 1995. Further expansion in 2004 added another 100 beds.

The hospital is undergoing expansion and upgrades, with two operating theatres to be added to the surgical suite, the addition of more beds and vertical expansion of the "Highwood Building". [Cite web| url= http://www.cana.ca/Projects/NewestProject11.aspx | title= Rockyview General Hospital Project | author= Cana Corporation | month= September | year= 2005 | accessdate= 2007-03-08]

Clinics

The facility contains 19 clinics [Cite web| url= http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/rgh/clinics.htm | title= Rockyview General Hospital Clinics | author= Calgary Health Region | authorlink= Calgary Health Region | accessdate= 2007-03-08] :

*Breast Feeding
*Bronchoscopy
*Cast
*Cystoscopy
*Enterostomal Therapy
*Emergency Cast
*General Ante-partum
*General Cardiology
*Hand
*Home Visit
*Infectious Disease
*Medical Geriatric
*OBS Gyne
*Ophthalmology
*Orthopedic
*Outreach
*Pacemaker
*Pain
*Pre op Assessment

In addition, ambulatory care include Medicine, Respiratory, GI/GU, Surgery, Diabetes in Pregnancy, Pulmonary Respiratory Exercise Program, Lithotripsy, Pacemaker Clinic, Paediatric Clinic, Geriatric Outpatient Consultation and Geriatric Mental Health.

ee also

*Health care in Calgary
*Calgary Health Region
*Health care in Canada
*List of hospitals in Canada

References

External links

* [http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/rgh/ Rockyview General Hospital]