Medicine Hat Regional Hospital

Medicine Hat Regional Hospital is a medical facility located in Medicine Hat, Alberta serving a catchment area of 117,000. It has 325 beds.Alberta Health Services is responsible for the operations of the hospital.ServicesDiagnostic imaging (CT, MRI and Ultrasound)EmergencyInpatient Care (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Palliative Care, Pediatrics)Psychiatry / Mental healthRespiratory Therapy (Acute care, Asthma Education, Stress Testing)Secondary and Tertiary Prevention (Cardiac Rehab, Diabetes Clinic)Surgery (General, Orthopedics, Plastics, Urology) and Preoperative ClinicStatisticsIn the 2011/2012 year the emergency department assessed 31,337 patients. This equates to a rate of 246.3 per thousand of population in comparison with the Alberta average of 267.5 per thousand. The inpatient separation rate is 114 per thousand population compared to the Alberta average of 88.3, the most common admitting diagnosis being ischemic heart disease, markedly higher than the overall Alberta population average.Educational servicesThe hospital serves as a training center for multiple professions. Students from Medicine Hat College include the areas of nursing and EMS. The University of Calgary trains residents in their Rural Alberta South family medicine program and rotate medical students on elective. The Canadian Forces Medical Service in Suffield also rotates medics through the emergency department. In October 2012 the University of Alberta began rotating pharmacy students through Medicine Hat as part of an 8 week placement program.