What is Royal Alexandra Hospital Edmonton?
The Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) is the hospital operated by Alberta Health Services to provide better medical health care services to the patients. It is the hospital that serves with its services to the diverse communities from downtown Edmonton to Western and Northern Canada. The hospital provides surgical facilities and also plays an important role in the development of minimally invasive surgery. The different types of medical and surgical services provided by the hospital are Acute Adult Inpatient Mental Health, Anesthesiology, Audiology Services, Care Transformation, Clinical Investigation Unit, Clinical Psychology Services, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Genetic Laboratory Services, Home Parenteral Therapy Program, Liver Transplant Program, Physical Therapy Outpatient Services, Hemodialysis - Northern Alberta Renal Program (NARP), Speech Language Pathology - Adult, Tuberculosis (TB) Medicine Inpatient Unit, neuro-sciences, surgery, medicine, renal, critical care, emergency and trauma care and state-of-the-art burn unit and many more. Lois Hole Hospital for Women is the hospital that is the part of and is located in The Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH). The hospital consists of the Women's Health Centre, the Regional Eye Centre and the Aboriginal Health program. It also provides child, adult and geriatric type of programs and services. The hospital has an accommodation for 678 beds and they provide treatment to 450,000 patients over the year. The hospital was built in the name of wife of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, i.e. Queen Alexandra. The hospital is opened from Monday to Sunday during the time period 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. It also provides emergency services to the patients for their better health. The Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) was founded in 1899.