University of Alberta Hospital
| University of Alberta Hospital | |
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| Alberta Health Services | |
Walter C. Mackenzie Health Science Centre
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 Location in Edmonton
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| Geography | |
| Location | 8440 112 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7 |
| Coordinates | 53°31′14″N 113°31′29″W / 53.520556°N 113.524722°WCoordinates: 53°31′14″N 113°31′29″W / 53.520556°N 113.524722°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Medicare |
| Hospital type | Research, Teaching, Children's |
| Affiliated university | University of Alberta |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Helipad | TC LID: CEW7 |
| Beds | 885 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Links | |
| Website | University of Alberta Hospital |
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| Type | University of Alberta Library |
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| Established | 1984 |
| Criteria for collection | Health Sciences |
| Website | John W. Scott Health Sciences Library |
The University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) is a research and teaching hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The hospital is affiliated with the University of Alberta and run by Alberta Health Services, the health authority for Alberta. It is one of Canada's leading health sciences centres, providing a comprehensive range of diagnostic and treatment services to inpatients and outpatients. The UAH treats over 700,000 patients annually.
The University of Alberta Hospital, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and the Stollery Children's Hospital co-reside within the large Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre (WMC) and act as embedded, "hospitals within a hospital." With 650, 146 and 89 inpatient beds in the three hospitals, respectively, WMC has an estimated total of 885 beds. The Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute is located in a new expansion to the WMC that opened on May 1, 2008.
Because of UAH, the surrounding area has become part of a healthcare cluster that also includes the Cross Cancer Institute, the Heritage Medical Research Building, the Zeidler Ledcor Center, the Katz Group/Rexall Center for Pharmacy and Health Research, the Kaye Edmonton Clinic, and the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy.
The whole complex is served by the Health Sciences/Jubilee light rail transit station and the University Station.
The University of Alberta Hospital opened in 1906 with 5 staff members as the Strathcona Hospital. Since then, it has steadily grown into a world class facility today which now is staffed by over 8,000 staff and physicians (as of 2007). The hospital began training nurses through recognized apprenticeship program in 1908. In 1916 during World War I it served as the Strathcona Military Hospital. It was the provincial rehabilitation centre for the polio epidemics in the 1920s and 1950s. Dr. Hepburn, a pioneering neurosurgeon, developed "The Edmonton Tongs" as initial treatment for cervical spine injuries in the late 1920s. Dr. John Callaghan performed Canada's first open-heart surgery here in 1956, and the first heart valve replacement 6 years later in 1962. The first heart transplant in Western Canada was performed at the hospital in 1985, by 2001 the hospital had conducted 500 heart and heart-lung transplants. In 2001 the Stollery Children's Hospital opened. In 2006, the hospital had the most technically advanced and only intensive care unit dedicated solely to the treatment of burn patients.
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