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Peter Lougheed Centre
Peter Lougheed Centre
Alberta Health Services
	The main entrance of the Peter Lougheed Centre
	Location in Calgary
Geography
Location	3500 26 Ave NE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates	51°04′44″N 113°59′02″W / 51.079°N 113.984°W
Organization
Care system	Public, Medicare
Funding	Public hospital
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	600+
Helipad	TC LID: CLC3
History
Opened	1988
Links
Website	www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/facility.aspx?id=2
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) is a 506,000 square foot hospital in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is under the auspices of Alberta Health Services, formerly the Calgary Health Region, providing medical and surgical services to Calgary but also Southern Alberta. The PLC has a 24 hours emergency department, an intensive care unit (ICU), and offers ambulatory care. It was named after Peter Lougheed, who served as premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985. The hospital opened in 1988 with 500 beds, and today contains over 600 beds. The new East Wing was completed in 2008 and includes 140 inpatient beds, as well as a new intensive care and coronary care unit. It was also designed with a new roof-top helipad for emergency services.^[1]

Clinics

There are 34 clinics served at the PLC:

Adult Congenital Heart
Amputee
Asthma/Lung Health
Behavioral Development
Breast Feeding
Bronchoscopy
Cardiology
Cast
Cystoscopy
Diabetes in Pregnancy
Emergency Cast
Enterostomal Therapy
Family Day Medicine
Fetal Assessment
General Surgery
Geriatric Assessment
Gerontology
Hand Plastics
Hematology/Oncology
Home Parenteral Therapy Program
Minor Surgery
Neurology
Obstetrical Assessment
Outpatient Carbogen
Pacemaker
Pediatric and Adult Pre op Assessment
Private Pediatric
Psychiatric Day
Psychiatric Emergency
Psychiatric Forensic Assess
Psychiatric Outpatient Services
Rheumatology
Tracheostomy
Urgent Referral

In addition, ambulatory care includes Cardiac Diagnostics, Medicine, Respiratory, GI, [Neurodiagnostics and Gynecology Outpatient services.

Parking

Peter Lougheed Centre has four parking lots with payment options including passes: monthly ($85), weekly ($41), daily ($13) or half-hour ($2.00 per half-hour or portion) with some discounts for seniors, etc., with authorization forms. Some parking lots/stalls are designated for people with disabilities only.^[2]