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The Chinook Regional Hospital provides services including 24-hour emergency, obstetrics, surgery, acute geriatrics, mental health, acute care, acute geriatrics and intensive care.
Wheel chair access available.
Visiting Hours Monday - Sunday 11:00 am to 1:00 pm; 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
960 19 Street Lethbridge Alberta T1J 1W5
403-388-6111 (Switchboard)
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Assesses and provides care to seniors in the hospital. Also offers rehabilitation and community-based programs.
Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) Screener is sent to the floor for review by the Transition Team Nurse or Nursing staff.
65 and older or functionally geriatric.
This program offers a specialized treatment for pediatric, adult, and geriatric populations with the goal of improving mood and personal function by applying physical and / or chemical stimulation. This is accomplished by inducing a seizure with physical stimulation to both inpatient and outpatient clients. The typical presentation of clients for Neuromodulation would be clients who are treatment resistant or who are not able to wait for medications to take effect based on acuity of symptoms. Although depression is a common presentation for treatment, we also treat those with other mental health concerns (schizophrenia, Mania, autism, etc).
Adults 18+ years of age
Will be booked by accuity and availability of appointment times.
Provides a safe environment and care to adults with a range of mental illnesses and may have concurrent substance abuse challenges whose mental illnesses need immediate stabilization. Following stabilization, patients are prepared for discharge and transition to the community with referrals for follow-up with appropriate community addiction and mental health medical and social services, as required.
May be admitted through the Emergency Department following consultation with a psychiatrist. Direct admissions may also be made through a psychiatrists office.
Wait times varies.
Provides services to people with long-term intravenous (IV) therapy such as:
Provides services to adult patients only. Eligibility will be assessed in coordination and collaboration with the referring source.
An estimated wait time will be provided at the time of appointment booking.
Offers support to clients who are serviced by AHS programs and services, both in acute care and community;
Adults 18 years and older who are:
Services provided may include:
This service cares for people from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories depending on location.
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Assistive Technology (AAC/AT) are tools to support an individual in order to talk or communicate.
Assisting an individual who may struggle with different forms of communication. There are speech devices with communication software known as Augmentative and Alternative Communication. AAC includes a wide range of nonverbal communication methods including speech sound generating devices. This software captures all the things that support communication when someone cannot always rely on their natural speech or language skills to express themselves. This can include; touch screen control, tracking eye and head movements, and switch controls.
The AAC/AT assessment team works with the client, family and Alberta Aids to Daily Living and does not assume primary treatment (ongoing therapy service for AAC/AT). We will ensure connections and transitions with community supports (e.g., community or school therapists, family, school team) for ongoing AAC/AT treatment and support.
A Speech Language Pathologist will determine if the client qualifies based on communication assessment.
One week to 3 months (varies on location)
Provides assessment and diagnosis of breast health problems (e.g. lumps, abnormal mammogram or ultrasound, nipple discharge, breast pain). Development of treatment plan by the surgeon in consultation with client (and oncologist if necessary)Services include:
For women diagnosed with breast cancer:
Wait period is 1 to 3 weeks for an appointment
Statutory Holiday Hours are 9:00AM - 6:00PM.
Cafeteria services offer food and beverages at Alberta Health Services facilities. Catering services and vending machines are available at some sites. Each cafeteria services site team is dedicated to creating great food, inspiring healthy eating, and providing outstanding customer service to support the health of Albertans.
**Please note hours of operation may vary from site to site.
Food is available for purchase.
Offers an assortment of drinks, snacks, baked goods, and grab and go foods for purchase.
Payment can be made with cash, debit or credit. Gift cards are also available.
Respiratory services are also available in community care and rural locations
Services include:
The following services are provided at CRH only:
The following services are provided at MHRH only:
Closed 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM daily and closed on Statutory holidays.
Based on the results of a woman's pap tests, appropriate treatment is provided to reduce the risk of cervical cancer.
Offers education and support to clients and their families, one-to-one treatment as well as family and group therapy. Offers mobile services to transition children back to school and community. Offers referrals to other agencies as needed. The timelines for successful completion of this program can vary and are based on meeting the indicators of success as outlined in the collaborative goal setting and treatment planning with children, youth, and families.
7-21 days
Service provides:
The patient must have a loop recorder, pacemaker or defibillator implanted.
Next available appointment.
Services include assessment, diagnosis and genetic counselling, and screening and management recommendations.
Computed tomography, also known as "CT Scan" or "CAT Scan", is when pictures of the body are taken using radiation and computer-enhanced imaging.
A language line is available, but requests need to be made before tests are scheduled.
Provides life support to criticallly ill adult patients with serious life threatening conditions from a variety of causes which may include:
Specialized equipment is used to monitor patients and provie life support. This may include:
Must be referred to intensive care by a doctor.
Call main switchboard to reach this department.
Services may be booked (elective) or semi-urgent, including:
Also manages the Colorectal Screening Program, but the program is located at the Coaldale Health Center.
Provides services to patients having surgery that does not require an overnight stay in hospital. Surgery may be in any one of the following specialties:
After the birth of your baby, a health care provider will offer to have your baby's hearing screened.
With your consent, your baby's hearing screening will happen before your baby leaves the hospital. The results of your baby's hearing screening and any follow up needed will be shared with you.
Hearing screening is the best way to find out if your baby has hearing loss.
Hearing screening is quick, safe, and will not hurt your baby. Your baby's hearing is important for many areas of child and brain development. Hearing loss can delay your child's speech, learning and social skills.
For more information, visit our website.
All babies born or living in Alberta are offered screening for permanent hearing loss within 90 days of birth. It's best to have your baby's hearing screened before they are 1 month old. Newborn hearing screening is free. Additional eligibility requirements are based on your baby's age and health status. If your baby is born with bilateral aural atresia or presents with meningitis, they will be referred to Audiology Services for a diagnostic ABR assessment.
Your baby will be referred to Community Hearing Screening if:
For more information on screening in the community, see the service type Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Program - Community Hearing Screening.
After-hours service is available.
Echocardiography uses ultrasound to study the structure and function of the heart, including blood flow through the heart and its valves.
Core functions of the Division include:
If you have an emergency, call 911.
Emergency departments:
Emergency Department wait times are now available for Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer.
This service may be impacted by the COVID pandemic. View the Hours of Operations to see if the location has been impacted.
Get the right care when you need it, to learn more visit Know Your Options.
We can’t predict how long you will need to wait in the emergency department. Patients are assessed (triaged) using a standard scoring system called the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) to see how urgent their health needs are.
Offers endoscopy procedures, which may include:
ENT clinic is a Physician clinic for the identification, monitoring, and biopsies of head and neck cancers as well as other otolaryngeal disorders. The Ear Nose & Throat Clinic (Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Clinic) provides assessment by subspecialists in:
A significant amount of research is generated by the OTO-HNS Clinic, with improvements in care and outcomes resulting from this research.
Surgical services for adult patients who do not require an overnight stay in hospital.
Wait times are dependant on individual surgeons wait list.
Fluoroscopy is a real time x-ray like a video, which is used by physicians and staff to assist imaging throughout the body during exams.
Service available, but must be arranged ahead of time
General Radiography uses x-rays to produce images of the structures inside the body, particularly bones. X-ray beams can pass through the body, but they are absorbed in different amounts depending on the density of the material they pass through.
Provides day surgery for common procedures below:
The provision of integrated health services is directed toward elderly patients experiencing potentially reversible medical problems which are contributing to a physical, psychological, or social decline in function. The program is restorative and rehabilitative in its focus and endeavors to facilitate a patient’s ability to return to their own home or, when necessary, recommend alternative living options.
Persons over the age of 65 who suffer from a multitude of medical, social, emotional and physical problems that have made it difficult to continue living independently at home may receive the following services:
What is the purpose?
Service targeted to:
Through visits to the clients home and / or seen in the Geriatric Services Clinic, a team provides:
Clients age 65 and older with health problems related to getting older. Clients under the age of 65 are assessed on an individual basis.
Routine health information requests processed during the office hours posted.
Completes patient charts, collects data, data entry and coding, collects patient information, dictates notes, and transcribes inpatient and outpatient charts.
There is a fee for copies of health records.
The Heart Function Clinic specializes in providing the most complete and suitable evidence-based care for patients diagnosed with heart failure. A team of specialists in the management of heart failure will provide:
Each location may provide some or all of these services. Please contact the relevant locaiton to see what services are offered.
An estimated wait time will be provided at the time of appointment booking based on urgency.
Provides hemodialysis treatments (a process where the client's blood is passed through a special filter that removes waste products and water). Most people need 3 treatments every week. Each treatment lasts 4 hours.
Provides training, supplies and equipment to clients to help them do hemodialysis in their own homes.
Many different dialysis schedules are available. Hemodialysis can be done during the day or at night while the client sleeps.
Visiting hours: 11:00am - 1:00pm and 2:00pm - 8:00pm
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As a province-wide service, IPC works in close collaboration with:
IPC Roles include:
Infection Prevention and Control offers:
This program works closely with geriatricians and community care programs to coordinate discharge planning for high-risk patients with complex medical and / or physical issues. Services may include:
On-call service available after-hours.
Interventional Radiography is a sub-specialty of Diagnostic Imaging (radiology) that uses image-guided procedures for both therapeutic and diagnostic Purposes. Interventional radiography can be done using x-ray, CT, Ultrasound or MRI images and are done to diagnose and treat disease in almost every organ system.
Angiography, which is a diagnostic imaging procedure that uses a radio-opaque dye and a specialized x-ray camera to take pictures of the blood flow in specific blood vessels (arteries or veins) or blood flow within the heart itself. Sometimes treatments are done during an angiogram.
Closed statutory holidays and weekends.
Children are cared for at the Alberta Children's Hospital.
See the following sites for more information:
People who need a kidney or pancreas transplant. Doctors consider each person’s medical and health history.
This service helps people who have, or are at risk of getting, chronic kidney disease by:
Monday to Friday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
This lab serves hospital inpatient, Ambulatory Clinic patients, by physician or clinic referral only.
Alternate Patient Service Centres offer both appointment and walk-in services for all patients that require lab work. Book online at https://qme.albertaprecisionlabs.ca/ or call 1-877-702-4486 to make an appointment.
Walk ins accepted until 30 min before closing.
Laboratory Services provides collection of blood and body fluids for tests ordered by your doctor or healthcare provider including a comprehensive range of routine and specialized lab testing and clinical consultations:
Note: Some locations may not offer the full range of testing. To confirm availability of a specific test, contact the location.
This service provides:
If you have questions, contact the site for information.
Pregnant women from southern Alberta.
MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields and radiowaves to form images of the body. The technique is widely used in hospitals for medical diagnosis, staging of disease and for follow-up without exposure to ionizing radiation.
Used for many exams, including: head, spine, heart, bone / joints, and abdomen.
Mammography is a type of x-ray to look for growths or changes in breast tissue.
Based on Albertan recommendations (guidelines):
Women, aged 45 to 74, who live in Alberta and have no symptoms and no personal / family history are eligible for regular breast cancer screening using mammograms every 2 years. If you're between the ages of 45 and 74, you're automatically included in the Alberta Breast Cancer Screening program. Once you turn 50, and if you haven't had a screening mammogram in Alberta already, you'll receive a letter letting you know that you're at an age when screening is important and inviting you to get screened.
Provides 24/7 advanced Level II care for sick and premature infants, including:
You need to be referred by a Pediatrician.
This service is for infants who are premature or have other newborn complications.
Clients swallow, inhale, or are given a needle with a radiotracer before their exam. Radiotracers go to a specific body part so the camera can take pictures. (tests may take a number of hours to complete; patients may be required to return later that day or the next day to complete exam).
Radiotracers are also given to treat diseases like thyroid disease.
Closed on statutory holidays.
Occupational Therapists enable people of all ages to engage more fully in the activities of everyday living. They work together with clients, their families and caregivers to develop ways to help clients reach their potential in caring for themselves, working, and enjoying life.
Pediatric OT services are accessed through the Children’s Allied Health Department in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge.
All ages.
Offers assessment and diagnosis of eye problems or diseases, medical and surgical treatment.
This clinic provides outpatient services for patients with complex musculoskeletal (includes bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments and soft tissues) diseases / injuries / traumas.
Provides service to help clients before and after they have an ostomy (surgery to create an opening in the abdomen used to get rid of body waste such as stool or urine), including:
Provides assessment and treatment options for clients with complex wounds.
Note: this is not the outpatient " Lower Leg Wound Clinic" operated out of the Melcor Building in Lethbridge.
Contact Main Switchboard for department and times.
Offers intravenous / IV therapy (including medicines and blood products).Specialty Physician follow ups and consults for urgent care patients who are not staying in the hospital. Hepatology Nurse Practitioner to manage Outpatient chronic liver disease patient population.
Wait time dependant on each specialty physician.
General gynecological and obstetrical, services offered including;
Wait times are dependant on individual obstetrician's wait list.
Provides assessment and treatment for hand, wrist and arm problems and injuries. Clients who need rehabilitation services will be referred to an occupational or physical therapist.
24 / 7 Physician on call/ 24 / 7 Palliative nurse on call
Life Consult Service (PEOLC) is comprised of a multidisciplinary team working across all rural and urban settings of care within the South Zone. The team provides palliative care consultative support for adult patients, families, and healthcare teams to help manage complex palliative symptoms related to the patient’s life-limiting disease.
This service is provided at locations of care including acute care and community (home, supportive living, long term care, private assisted living).
Patients must meet eligibility criteria based on diagnosis.
Referrals are triaged for urgency
These hours are for the parking office. Parking is available onsite 24 / 7.
Provides pay parking services at a variety of lots at each site. Please contact the individual site office for detailed information.
Free visitor parking is available at all rural hospitals.
For more information about parking maps, paying a ticket or appealing a ticket visit the website.
As part of our support for patient care and comfort, friends and family of inpatients at hospital and health care facilities can send well wishes via email. Sites participating in the program will receive the message, will ensure that the message is only "well-wish" (any other type of communication will be deleted) and will arrange for delivery within 3 business days. A couple of important reminders - the electronic delivery system is not a secure connection, so please don't add any confidential information to your message. Plus the "well-wish" system does not allow for replies or confirm receipt / delivery confirmation.
Patient Food Services overarching objectives are to:
PFS delivers more than 31,000 patient/resident meals each day within AHS facilities.
Statutory holidays 9:45 AM - 6:00 PM.
Services offered:
Closed weekends and holidays.
Resources for Families:
Resources for Health Care Providers: (with or without client referrals)
Potential referrals could include (but are not limited to)
Within one to two weeksThis service does not have an emergency referral process. If you are concerned that you are seriously ill or injured, go to the nearest Emergency Department. Clients with potentially life-threatening conditions should immediately phone 9-1-1.
24 hour medical and surgical services
This service provides medical, surgical, and psychiatric services.
Other services may include:
For children 0 to 18 years.
This department provides a wide range of outpatient nursing care for the pediatric population. The patient must be under the care of a pediatrician while attending the clinic.
Various pediatric outreach clinics are held in this department as well, which is arranged by the specialist.
Outreach Clinics are scheduled on a monthly basis throughout the year.
Provides outpatient medical/surgical services to patients 0 up to 18 years old, all patients must be under the care of a Pediatrician when seen in this clinic.
Provides outpatient medical / surgical services to children and outreach service with Specialist Physicians from Alberta Children's Hospital who travel to Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. Specific programs like Nephrology, Neurology, GI come throughout the year to provide appointments to children and their families.
Pediatric Eating, Feeding and Swallowing Service
The Pediatric Specialty Clinic provides assessment and management of infants and children with eating, feeding, and / or swallowing concerns related to a medical, neurological or developmental diagnosis, or children who are enterally fed.
Children age 0 to 17 years.
Outpatient appointments are dependent on Pediatrician availability.
Outreach Clinics are scheduled several times a year. There may be a waiting period, depending on the clinic schedule.
Closed 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM for lunch.
Services available include the following:
We do not take clients who are looking for a surgical solution to their problem. Their family physician is asked to refer the client to a gynecologist for that concern.
Women with problems related to leaking urine (incontinence) or pelvic organ prolapse.
There is a fee of $60.00 for each new pessary the patient receives after pessary fitting.
If a patient is unable to pay they can discuss with the clinic manager.
Provides peritoneal dialysis to treat people with long-term kidney disease (chronic renal failure). This service also provides education and follow-up.
Provides assessment and treatment to pre / post-surgery patients with a wide variety of issues. Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body.
Contact main switchboard for department and times 403-388-6111
Provides care to people after surgery. Also provides ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy).
Doctor's referral is required.
Inpatient unit that provides 24/7 care to women after they have given birth, or who have had gynecological surgery. Also provides care for newborns, and pregnant women considered low-risk.
Service includes:
Must be scheduled for surgery.
Closed on weekends and statutory holidays.
Assesses people before they have surgery and includes:
takes a health history
This clinic offers prenatal care at the Chinook Regional Hospital and post partum care for mothers until 6 weeks post delivery.
Pregnacy confirmed by any type of positive pregnancy test.
Approximately 1 - 4 weeks. Waiting time varies depending on gestational age.
Must be a Canadian resident with provincial health coverage. Payment options available for patients without provincial health coverage.
Services may include:
Adults (over the age of 18) with substance related disorders.
Is dependent on program capacity and bed availability. An estimated wait time will be provided at the time of appointment booking.
No cost for treatment.
ER registration 24 hours.
Patient Registration registers:
Closed Statutory holidays.
Assesses clients for commercial seating components to provide comfort, safety and independence.
The Clinic offers:
Custom seating systems available to certain locations only. Please call the site for more information.
Service targets:
This wait period varies depending upon location. Please contact specific location for details.
Sexual assaults that have occurred in the last 96 hours. The SART team will see children age 14 and older. For people younger than 14, pediatrics will be consulted.
Provides support and resources to promote physical and mental well-being, while also addressing social needs. Helps clients who run into problems because of illness, disability, and / or hospitalization, which may interfere with their being able to get the most benefit from their medical treatment. Community social workers are available through Home Care to address social needs for anyone registered on home care and living in their own home.
There is usually a 24 to 48 hour wait for people in the hospital. Community services may have to wait up to 2 weeks depending on the community and services needed.
Hours vary from community to community. Call local Community Health Site for information on current times.
Speech-Language Pathologists evaluate, diagnose, treat and enhance function in both communication (speech production, receptive and expressive language, cognition, voice, resonance, fluency, and hearing) and swallowing, including related feeding behaviors. Taking a lead role in advocating for and implementing Communication Access (i.e., low tech solutions to high technology solutions for individuals who are not able to use their voice for short term or long term reasons). Intervention includes:
Speech-language pathology may support individuals experiencing;
Works with individuals to;
There is no wait time for inpatient services. The wait time for outpatient services varies depending on referral rate (typically one to two week wait period).
This is Central Access and Triage for the South Zone West Speech Language Pathology.This central access referral service provides a single point of entry for patients who require speech language pathology services. This service supports patients and clients with communication and eating, feeding, and swallowing, so they can participate in activities that are important to them.• communication (speech, language, voice, resonance and fluency)• eating, feeding and swallowing
Discussed at intake.
Wait times vary
Service is available to patients and their families in emergency situations 24/7 through certified spiritual care providers.
For more information visit Spiritual Care Services
In both programs, clients actively participate in setting goals for their therapy, which may continue up to 8 weeks. The ESD clinicians also provide support with overcoming barriers, reintegration within the community and transfer of care to outpatient rehabilitation and/or community services for continued support, when needed and available in the local area.
In-home, intensive therapy (1 1/2 - 3 hours daily) offered to mild-moderate stroke and brain injury survivors to assist them in their recovery immediately after their event, hospitalization and/or when at risk of requiring increased care needs (early supported discharge).
Community rehabilitation is reserved strictly for stroke survivors who cannot tolerate intensive rehabilitation (1 1/2 - 3 hours daily).
An estimated wait time will be provided at the time of appointment booking. Generally ESD program referrals are seen within 1-3 days post discharge from hospital or receipt of referral. CR referrals may have a brief wait period (1-2 weeks) depending upon current ESD caseload.
Offers a wide range of surgical procedures. Dental surgery is limited to patients with special needs.
Surgeon referral: Sends a completed booking form to the Operating Room.
Visiting surgeons: the surgical clinic clerk books surgery at the time of the consultation with the surgeon.
These services include:
Ultrasound is an imaging test that captures images of soft tissue organs, blood vessels and tissues using high-frequency sound waves (no radiation). Ultrasound is also known as sonography.
Not all tests are offered at all sites. Call the location for more information.
It provides urology consultations, procedures, and surgeries. This service also provides treatments, prevention guidance, and education to patients with urology related concerns. The clinic deals with diseases of the male and female urinary tract (kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra).
Closed Weekends and Stat holidays
Our volunteer roles share a commitment to improving the quality of the patient and family experience.
Volunteers are:
For general information about volunteering with AHS please visit our website.
Follow-up and planning is provided for:
Must be employed by Alberta Health Services.
