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Foothills Hospital Fonds - 1959-1995 -- 14.6 m of text

The Foothills Provincial General Hospital was established by an Order-in-Council dated July 18, 1959. It was to operate according to Section 3 of the Provincial General Hospitals Act (RSA, Chapter 64, 1959). A seven-member Board of Management was appointed by the Minister of Health and drafted the first by-laws of the hospital July 25, 1960. These by-laws were approved by the Minister September 9, 1960.
The first activities of the Board were construction of the hospital and determination of the types of services required by the community. The Foothills Hospital was officially opened June 10, 1966. It was considered a unique enterprise in North America because it was a "complete" hospital built all at one time. It was meant to serve all of Southern Alberta, with 700 beds in the general hospital and 100 in the Calgary Health Regiononic hospital. It offered surgery, neurosurgery, gynaecology, obstetrics, paediatrics, rehabilitation, psychiatry and medicine services. The hospital also provided educational facilities to medical students, student nurses and technical medical programs such as rehabilitation.

In 1995 the Foothills Hospital Board of Management was dissolved and the site became part of the acute care sector of the Calgary Regional Health Authority.

The records consist mainly of Board of Management records, administrative records from the President’s Office and the offices of other senior administrative staff, and records from the Medical Staff Office. These records document the history of the founding and construction of the hospital, outline the operating mandates, by-laws, policies and procedures related to administering a large urban teaching hospital, and document the changes and developments in medical practices over the past 30 years.

 

Organization and arrangement: The records consist of Board, Administrative, and Medical Records. They are arranged within the following series:

Board Records 1960-1995

Administrative Records:
General 1961-1993
President’s Office 1959-1994

Medical Committee Records 1964-1993

Restrictions: Restrictions are noted within each series description.

Accruals: Accruals are expected.

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