Athabasca Healthcare Centre

Athabasca Healthcare Centre is a medical facility located in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada. Alberta Health Services is responsible for operating the centre. The facility was built in 1984 and provides a combination of acute-care, continuing-care, diagnostic, therapeutic, and supportive services for the local community. Its reported capacity comprises 27 acute-care beds and 23 continuing-care beds. The centre's service profile includes emergency care, inpatient medical care, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, palliative care, and physical therapy. These services position it as a community healthcare facility rather than a specialist tertiary hospital. Its role is to provide accessible care for residents of Athabasca and the surrounding area, while operating within Alberta Health Services' province-wide healthcare system. The centre's name functions primarily as the public identity of a healthcare facility rather than as a consumer product brand. Publicly available reference material does not identify a private owner, founder, independent corporate group, stock-market listing, or separate commercial product portfolio. Information about current leadership, annual budgets, patient volumes, detailed clinical departments, and present operating status is not established in the supplied sources.

Athabasca Healthcare Centre is a medical facility in Athabasca, Alberta. The facility was built in 1984 and subsequently operated as part of Alberta's publicly administered healthcare system. Alberta Health Services is identified as the organization responsible for its operations. The centre's documented capacity includes 27 acute-care beds and 23 continuing-care beds. This combination reflects a community-based role that extends beyond short-term hospital treatment: acute-care beds support patients requiring active medical attention, while continuing-care beds support longer-duration care needs. The available reference material does not provide a detailed account of the facility's construction project, predecessor institutions, architectural development, capital costs, or later renovations. Its listed services include emergency care, inpatient medical care, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, palliative care, and physical therapy. Together, these services form a broad local-care offering covering urgent presentation, inpatient treatment, diagnostic support, end-of-life care, and rehabilitation. The supplied sources do not establish the centre's current executive leadership, exact catchment area, annual patient numbers, staffing levels, accreditation history, or detailed relationship with other facilities in the region. The centre should therefore be understood as a named healthcare facility and public-service institution rather than an independently commercialized brand. No evidence in the supplied material identifies a separate parent company apart from Alberta Health Services, a private owner, a listed entity, or a distinct product line. Further research would be required to document its present operating status and any changes to its capacity or services since the available reference information was published.

• 1984

  Facility built

  [1]Athabasca Healthcare Centreen.wikipedia.org

  Athabasca Healthcare Centre was built in Athabasca, Alberta.

A community healthcare facility providing acute, continuing, diagnostic, rehabilitative, palliative, and emergency services in Athabasca, Alberta, within the Alberta Health Services network.

• Healthcare service

  Emergency services

  The centre provides emergency healthcare as part of its community medical-service offering. The supplied sources do not specify opening hours, triage arrangements, trauma capability, or the range of emergencies treated.

• Healthcare service

  Inpatient medical care

  Inpatient medical care is provided within the facility's acute-care capacity. The centre is reported to contain 27 acute-care beds, although the available sources do not describe its medical specialties, staffing model, or admission criteria.

• Healthcare service

  Continuing care

  The centre includes continuing-care capacity, with 23 continuing-care beds reported in the reference material. Specific programs, eligibility requirements, and accommodation arrangements are not detailed in the supplied sources.

• Diagnostic healthcare service

  Diagnostic imaging

  Diagnostic imaging is listed among the centre's services. The available references do not identify the imaging modalities, referral process, or operating schedule.

• Diagnostic healthcare service

  Laboratory services

  The facility provides laboratory services to support its clinical operations and local patients. The supplied material does not specify test menus, collection arrangements, or whether all testing is performed on site.

• Supportive healthcare service

  Palliative care

  Palliative care is included in the centre's documented service offering. No further information is provided about dedicated beds, specialist teams, referral pathways, or the scope of end-of-life services.

• Rehabilitation service

  Physical therapy

  Physical therapy is listed as a rehabilitation service offered by the centre. The references do not describe treatment programs, professional staffing, appointment access, or inpatient and outpatient coverage.

1. 1Athabasca Healthcare Centreen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Alberta Health Services facility informationalbertahealthservices.ca