The Grey Nuns Community Hospital is an acute care hospital located in the Mill Woods area of south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Grey Nuns Community Hospital provides a full range of services including a 24-hour Emergency Department. The 14-bed tertiary palliative care unit is known for its delivery of care and teaching practices.[1] The hospital traces its roots to the Grey Nuns of Montreal who sent Sister Emery (Zoe LeBlanc[2]), Adel Lamy and Alphonse (Marie Jacques)[3] to the Edmonton area in 1859.[4]

Main services

The Grey Nuns Community Hospital offers a wide range of services.[5]

Gender Clinic

In 1996 Dr. Lorne Warneke opened the first gender clinic in Canada at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital, where he served as medical director until retiring in 2017.[6][7] Dr. Warneke was a major advocate for transgender rights, and played an important role in getting Alberta Health to cover gender reassignment surgery in 1984, and again in 2010.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Grey Nuns Community Hospital - Covenant Health". www.covenanthealth.ca. Covenant Health. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Sanderson, Kay (1999). 200 Remarkable Alberta Women. Famous Five Foundation. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  3. ^ Dalheim, K (1955). Calahoo Trails. Calahoo Women's Institute. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Celebrating the legacy of Catholic Sisters in Alberta" (PDF). Covenant Health. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Main Services". Archived from the original on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  6. ^ Tintinaglia, Daniella (2022-12-07). "Honouring a half-century career of LGBTQ2S+ advocacy |". The Vital Beat. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  7. ^ "EQHP Stories". Edmonton Queer History Project Stories.
  8. ^ "Dr. Lorne Warneke remembered as pivotal LGBTQ pioneer in Alberta". CBC News. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  9. ^ "For More Than Half a Century, Dr. Lorne Warneke was Alberta's Foremost Trans Rights Advocate and Trailblazer". University of Alberta.
  10. ^ Bauer, Kirsten. "Trans rights trailblazer reflects on 50 years of social change". University of Alberta.