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Foothills Medical Centre

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Foothills Medical Centre (FMC) is the largest hospital in Alberta and is located in the city of Calgary. [1]

49 relations: Alberta, Alberta Children's Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Bassinet, Brain tumor, British Columbia, Bud McCaig, Calgary, Calgary Health Region, Canada, Canadian federalism, Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, Clinic, Cumming School of Medicine, Debenture, Executive Council of Alberta, Glaucoma, Government of Canada, Grant (money), Health care in Calgary, Hospital, Hospitalization Benefits Plan, Human musculoskeletal system, Intensive care unit, John Diefenbaker, Laboratory, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, List of hospitals in Canada, Magnetic resonance imaging, Medical imaging, Medical laboratory, Medical research, Neonatal intensive care unit, Nursing, Operating theater, Pathology, Patient, Power station, Prime Minister of Canada, Provinces and territories of Canada, Psychiatry, Robot-assisted surgery, Saskatchewan, Southern Alberta, Surgery, Tissue (biology), Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Trauma center, University of Calgary.

Alberta

Alberta is a western province of Canada.

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Alberta Children's Hospital

Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH) is the largest public hospital for sick children in the prairie provinces, and is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is the single health authority for the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Bassinet

A bassinet, bassinette, or cradle is a bed specifically for babies from birth to about four months.

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Brain tumor

A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Bud McCaig

John Robert "Bud" McCaig (June 14, 1929 – January 11, 2005) was a Canadian businessman and a co-owner of the Calgary Flames NHL franchise.

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Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Calgary Health Region

Calgary Health Region was formerly the governing body for healthcare regulation in an area of the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canadian federalism

Canadian federalism involves the current nature and historical development of federal systems in Canada.

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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), also known as cardiac MRI, is a medical imaging technology for non-invasive assessment of the function and structure of the cardiovascular system.

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Clinic

A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a healthcare facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients.

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Cumming School of Medicine

The University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine was established in 1967 and renamed the Cumming School of Medicine in 2014.

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Debenture

In corporate finance, a debenture is a medium to long-term debt instrument used by large companies to borrow money, at a fixed rate of interest.

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Executive Council of Alberta

The Executive Council of Alberta, or more commonly the Cabinet of Alberta, is the Province of Alberta's equivalent to the Cabinet of Canada.

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Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases which result in damage to the optic nerve and vision loss.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada), formally Her Majesty's Government (Gouvernement de Sa Majesté), is the federal administration of Canada.

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Grant (money)

Grants are non-repayable funds or products disbursed or gifted by one party (grant makers), often a government department, corporation, foundation or trust, to a recipient, often (but not always) a nonprofit entity, educational institution, business or an individual.

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Health care in Calgary

Calgary currently has four major adult acute care hospitals; the Foothills Medical Centre, the Peter Lougheed Centre, the Rockyview General Hospital and the South Health Campus and a children's acute care hospital; Alberta Children's Hospital, all running under the auspices of Alberta Health Services.

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Hospital

A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized medical and nursing staff and medical equipment.

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Hospitalization Benefits Plan

Alberta Hospitalization Benefits describes health law for the province of Alberta, Canada.

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Human musculoskeletal system

The human musculoskeletal system (also known as the locomotor system, and previously the activity system) is an organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems.

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Intensive care unit

Intensive care unit An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive treatment medicine.

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John Diefenbaker

John George Diefenbaker (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957 to April 22, 1963.

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Laboratory

A laboratory (informally, lab) is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific or technological research, experiments, and measurement may be performed.

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Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

The Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta is a partnership between Alberta Health Services and the University of Calgary.

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List of hospitals in Canada

This is a list of hospitals in Canada.

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Magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body in both health and disease.

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Medical imaging

Medical imaging is the technique and process of creating visual representations of the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention, as well as visual representation of the function of some organs or tissues (physiology).

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Medical laboratory

A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are carried out on clinical specimens in order to obtain information about the health of a patient in order to provide diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

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Medical research

Biomedical research (or experimental medicine) encompasses a wide array of research, extending from "basic research" (also called bench science or bench research), – involving fundamental scientific principles that may apply to a ''preclinical'' understanding – to clinical research, which involves studies of people who may be subjects in clinical trials.

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Neonatal intensive care unit

A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), also known as an intensive care nursery (ICN), is an intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants.

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Nursing

Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life.

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Operating theater

An operating theater (also known as an operating room, operating suite, operation theatre, operation suite or OR) is a facility within a hospital where surgical operations are carried out in a sterile environment.

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Pathology

Pathology (from the Ancient Greek roots of pathos (πάθος), meaning "experience" or "suffering" and -logia (-λογία), "study of") is a significant field in modern medical diagnosis and medical research, concerned mainly with the causal study of disease, whether caused by pathogens or non-infectious physiological disorder.

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Patient

A patient is any recipient of health care services.

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Power station

A power station, also referred to as a power plant or powerhouse and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.

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Prime Minister of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada (Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Canada's head of government, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or Governor General of Canada on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution.

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Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada are the sub-national governments within the geographical areas of Canada under the authority of the Canadian Constitution.

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Psychiatry

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of mental disorders.

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Robot-assisted surgery

Robotic surgery, computer-assisted surgery, and robotically-assisted surgery are terms for technological developments that use robotic systems to aid in surgical procedures.

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Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada, the only province without natural borders.

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Southern Alberta

Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Surgery

Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via chirurgiae, meaning "hand work") is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas.

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Tissue (biology)

In biology, tissue is a cellular organizational level between cells and a complete organ.

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Tom Baker Cancer Centre

Tom Baker Cancer Centre (TBCC) is a tertiary care facility for Southern Alberta, and is one of two tertiary cancer centres in the province.

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Trauma center

A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds.

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University of Calgary

The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foothills_Medical_Centre

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