Open 24 hours. We estimate about 49m.
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Quieter times: No historical wait time data is currently available for this facility. Generally, rural emergency departments tend to be less congested mid-morning on weekdays. For non-life-threatening concerns, visiting earlier in the day on a weekday may result in shorter waits.
Busier times: No historical wait time data is currently available for this facility. As with most emergency departments, evenings, weekends, and holidays can see increased patient volumes. If your condition is not an emergency, consider waiting for weekday business hours when possible.
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Open on ERstat →Claresholm General Hospital is a 16-bed rural acute care facility located at 221 43 Ave W in Claresholm, Alberta, operated by Alberta Health Services within the Calgary Zone. The 24-hour emergency department is staffed by physicians, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and respiratory therapists, with patients assessed using the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). This ER serves residents of Claresholm and the surrounding south-central Alberta region for urgent and emergent medical needs, with transfer pathways to larger centres such as Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge for complex or specialized care.
24-Hour Emergency Care, General Medicine – Inpatients, Day Surgery / Short Stay Surgical Unit, General Radiography (X-Ray), Laboratory Services, Cardiology – Electrocardiogram (ECG), Cardiac Diagnostics – Holter Monitoring, Respiratory Therapy, Community Physiotherapy, Diabetes Clinic, Nutrition Counselling, Social Work Services, Inpatient Pharmacy Services, Spiritual Care Services.
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Surface parking is available adjacent to the hospital building. The facility is fully wheelchair accessible. For specific parking details, call the hospital switchboard at 403-682-3700.
No fixed-route public transit directly serves Claresholm General Hospital. The Claresholm & District Transportation Society provides affordable, accessible transportation for seniors and individuals with disabilities who need to reach medical appointments. They can be reached at 403-625-4455 and operate Monday–Thursday 8:30 am–4:30 pm and Friday 8:30 am–12:00 pm.
Emergency departments use triage. Patients with more serious conditions are seen first, regardless of arrival time.
Wait times are estimates based on Alberta health data. Actual wait times may vary.
This hospital does not publish a live wait, so the figure above comes from our model rather than from its own feed. We publish how that model performs where it can be checked, at the hospitals that do publish. See the accuracy scorecard, or how we work the number out.
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