Stollery Children~s Hospital

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About Us
The Stollery Childrens Hospital in Edmonton Alberta is a fullservice pediatric hospital and leading centre for complex cardiac care and research in North America It is one of 14 hospitals managed by Capital Health Canadas largest academic health region providing complete health services to over 16 million people

The Stollery is affiliated and housed with the University of Alberta Hospital and the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute It is a referral centre for all specialized pediatric health services including openheart surgery organ transplantation cancer care critical care and emergency services Each year the Stollery receives over 137000 patient visitschildren and adolescents from throughout Western Canada the Northwest Territories Yukon and Nunavut Approximately 40 percent of the Stollerys patients come from outside the Capital Health region Almost 25 percent of those patients are referred from other provinces territories or countries

History

quotIn so many ways the Stollery has emerged to become a place where the spirit of hope and endless possibility are forever enhanced by the compassion skill and pioneering outlook of our medical teamquot says the Chair Department of Pediatrics and Regional Clinical Program Director Child Health Dr Terry Klassen quotTogether we have worked to position the Stollery Childrens Hospital as a global leader in a new era of pediatric medicinequot

The Stollery Childrens Hospital is the result of a partnership between community and various levels of government each with a common goal to build a pediatric hospital that would meet the acute and critical care needs of children in Edmonton and Central and Northern Alberta

In 1977 a group of families and physicians created the Foundation for a Childrens Hospital in Northern Alberta Its studies and recommendations led to a provincial pledge in 1985 to develop a pediatric hospital and a year later the Northern Alberta Childrens Hospital Board was appointed

As planning continued between 1991 and 1995 the concept of a quotHospital within a Hospitalquot began to take shape Building a complete childrens hospital within the walls of the University of Alberta Hospital would bring specialized pediatric services together under one roof allowing the pediatric hospital to focus on childand familycentered care while sharing resources with the adult hospital

In 1993 the provincial government established the Childrens Health Centre of Northern Alberta Two years later at the time that regionalization was introduced in the province operation of the Childrens Health Centre was transferred to Capital Health and the Child Health Program was established

In 1996 the acute care services for children at the Walter C Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre were renamed the Stollery Childrens Health Centre to commemorate a generous financial donation from Edmonton philanthropists Robert and Shirley Stollery

Over the next two years the Stollery underwent extensive renovations to establish the quotHospital within a Hospitalquot concept

In addition to creating an improved visual appeal the redesign strengthened our practice of family centered care where the child and family can be together during the childs treatment

This approach included creating informal spaces for family gatherings builtin beds for parents in the childs room and improved play areas for children on each of the units

In October 2001 at the official opening Premier Ralph Klein announced the new name of Stollery Childrens Hospital by which it is now known