Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre

Leave your legacy: Give the Gift of a Lifetime

Leave your legacy: Give the Gift of a Lifetime

Red Deer Regional Health Foundation hosts virtual QA for Leave A Legacy Month

  • May 11, 2020
Leave your legacy: Give the Gift of a Lifetime
Alberta Health Services says decisions on which surgeries will proceed are being made at the zone level, and the agency will begin contacting those currently on wait-lists in the coming days to reschedule procedures. (Photo by Advocate staff).

Elective surgeries to return to Red Deer ‘incrementally’

Pre-pandemic backlog of surgeries must still be addressed

Alberta Health Services says decisions on which surgeries will proceed are being made at the zone level, and the agency will begin contacting those currently on wait-lists in the coming days to reschedule procedures. (Photo by Advocate staff).
Specifics on ventilator supply in Red Deer withheld

Specifics on ventilator supply in Red Deer withheld

74 COVID-19 cases in central Alberta as of Tuesday

Specifics on ventilator supply in Red Deer withheld
The 2020 Red Deer Hospital Lottery’s dream home opens to the public starting March 13, 2020. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)

Red Deer Hospital Lottery dream home opens

Proceeds to purchase ventilators

The 2020 Red Deer Hospital Lottery’s dream home opens to the public starting March 13, 2020. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)
Premier Jason Kenney said Wednesday that $100 million has been authorized in the provincial capital plan for expansion of Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)

Kenney pledges $100M toward Red Deer hospital improvements

Premier Jason Kenney has committed $100 million toward improvements at Red Deer…

Premier Jason Kenney said Wednesday that $100 million has been authorized in the provincial capital plan for expansion of Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)
City’s cardiac care is ‘a blight’

City’s cardiac care is ‘a blight’

Human lives are at stake, so the provincial government can’t afford to…

City’s cardiac care is ‘a blight’
Many central Albertans will be anxious to see if the Red Deer Regional Hospital expansion is in the Feb. 27 provincial budget. (Advocate file photo).

‘Not a word’ on Red Deer hospital expansion, says NDP

The NDP health critic is guessing ‘no’

Many central Albertans will be anxious to see if the Red Deer Regional Hospital expansion is in the Feb. 27 provincial budget. (Advocate file photo).
Updated: Red Deer hospital patients waiting days for emergency surgery due to lack of facilities

Updated: Red Deer hospital patients waiting days for emergency surgery due to lack of facilities

A Red Deer orthopedic surgeon says 30 trauma patients needed immediate, emergency…

Updated: Red Deer hospital patients waiting days for emergency surgery due to lack of facilities
Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre initiated overcapacity Level 3 protocols on Feb. 3, 2020 which continued Feb. 4. (File photo by Advocate staff)

Red Deer hospital reaches overcapacity

Level 3 overcapacity protocols initiated

Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre initiated overcapacity Level 3 protocols on Feb. 3, 2020 which continued Feb. 4. (File photo by Advocate staff)
The provincial government says more surgeries will be performed at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre in coming years. (Advocate file photo.)

Surgery access may improve in Red Deer

Province focuses on boosting private clinics

The provincial government says more surgeries will be performed at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre in coming years. (Advocate file photo.)
Icy conditions have sent more people to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre with fractures in recent weeks. (File photo by BLACK PRESS)

Red Deer hospital slammed with fractures from icy falls

Hospital full of patients waiting for surgery

Icy conditions have sent more people to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre with fractures in recent weeks. (File photo by BLACK PRESS)
Members of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team — Lyndsay Clarke, Shelley Hennig, Kelly Longard, Dr. Robin Curtis, Geoff Norris and Gillian Brown — are supporting a research trial that aims to address the best ways to treat kidney failure and reduce mortality rates among patients. (Photo Contributed)

Red Deer ICU included in leading-edge study

Looking at standard versus accelerated dialysis in critically ill patients

Members of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team — Lyndsay Clarke, Shelley Hennig, Kelly Longard, Dr. Robin Curtis, Geoff Norris and Gillian Brown — are supporting a research trial that aims to address the best ways to treat kidney failure and reduce mortality rates among patients. (Photo Contributed)
Alberta Health Services said it is in the process of hiring new employees and anticipates having the Red Deer hospital parkade fully staffed by early November. (Photo by Advocate staff)

Patients complain about parking at Red Deer hospital

Accessibility of monthly parking passes a problem

Alberta Health Services said it is in the process of hiring new employees and anticipates having the Red Deer hospital parkade fully staffed by early November. (Photo by Advocate staff)
Canadian astronaut and neurologist Roberta Bondar spoke Monday at a fundraising lunch for the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation. (Photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).

Canada’s first female astronaut wants us to take better care of vulnerable planet Earth

Roberta Bondar spoke Monday in Red Deer

Canadian astronaut and neurologist Roberta Bondar spoke Monday at a fundraising lunch for the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation. (Photo by LANA MICHELIN/Advocate staff).
Francois Trudeau, his wife Susanna Shott, and their children Silas, 7, and Xavier, 10, outside Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. (Photo from GoFundMe)

Central Alberta man avoids need for further amputation

Man continues to heal from infection

Francois Trudeau, his wife Susanna Shott, and their children Silas, 7, and Xavier, 10, outside Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. (Photo from GoFundMe)
Alberta has experienced a growing trend of alcohol-related emergency department visits. (File photo by BLACK PRESS)

Alcohol-related ER visits increasing in Alberta

Binge drinking is a pattern of addiction

Alberta has experienced a growing trend of alcohol-related emergency department visits. (File photo by BLACK PRESS)
Health care aide Dawn Dickey adjusts pillows for patient Karen Young who is participating in End PJ Paralysis program. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)

Red Deer hospital hopes to get patients moving

Red Deer’s hospital is encouraging patients to put an end to pj…

Health care aide Dawn Dickey adjusts pillows for patient Karen Young who is participating in End PJ Paralysis program. (Photo by SUSAN ZIELINSKI/Advocate staff)
A Red Deer College student raised enough money for Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre to get upgraded phototherapy equipment for infants. (Photo contributed)

Babies benefit from new equipment at Red Deer hospital

Red Deer College student raises money

A Red Deer College student raised enough money for Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre to get upgraded phototherapy equipment for infants. (Photo contributed)
Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. (File photo by Advocate staff)

Updated: Theft of patient information ‘highly uncommon,’ says AHS

Review of hospital security underway

Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. (File photo by Advocate staff)
A gemstone ring was returned to a Red Deer family after about nine years in the lost and found at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. (Photo contributed by Patrick Teskey)

Family ring identified and returned to central Alberta family

Ring inscribed with children’s names

A gemstone ring was returned to a Red Deer family after about nine years in the lost and found at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. (Photo contributed by Patrick Teskey)