Grey Nuns Community Hospital

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Grey Nuns Community Hospital
Covenant Health/Alberta Health Services
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The Grey Nuns Community Hospital
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Location in Edmonton
Geography
Location1100 Youville Drive West
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates 53°27′43″N113°25′46″W / 53.461826°N 113.429443°W / 53.461826; -113.429443
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
Beds363 [1]
Helipad TC LID: CES8
Public transit access Edmonton Transit System logo.svg BSicon TRAM.svg Edmonton Valley Line icon.svg Grey Nuns stop
History
Opened1988
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]

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Main services

The Grey Nuns Community Hospital offers a wide range of services. [5]

Gender Clinic

In 1996 Dr. Lorne Warneke opened the first gender clinic in Canada at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital, where he served as medical director until retiring in 2017. [6] [7] Dr. Warneke was a major advocate for transgender rights, and played an important role in getting Alberta Health to cover gender reassignment surgery in 1984, and again in 2010. [8] [9] [10]

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References

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