Open 24 hours. We estimate about 8h 8m.
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Source: Alberta Health Services · as of 1:25 a.m. MDT
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Open on ERstat →Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) is one of Calgary's largest and busiest hospitals, operating a 24/7 emergency department that serves Calgary's northeast communities and acts as a regional facility for Southern Alberta under Alberta Health Services. With over 600 beds and space for 159 emergency beds, the ED is equipped to handle major trauma, cardiac emergencies, psychiatric crises, and a full range of acute medical and surgical conditions. Patients are triaged using the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS), ensuring the most critically ill are seen first.
24/7 Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Coronary Care Unit, Major trauma care, Cardiac emergency care, Crisis intervention and psychiatric assessment, Mental Health Intensive Care Unit, Ambulatory care (Cardiac Diagnostics, Respiratory, GI, Neurodiagnostics, Gynecology), CT imaging, MRI, Fluoroscopy, Nuclear medicine, Ultrasound, General radiography, Laboratory services, Pharmacy services, Addiction Recovery and Community Health (ARCH) Team, Interpreter and translation services, Rooftop helipad for emergency air transport, Anesthesiology, General surgery, Vascular surgery, Respirology, Psychiatry, Pathology.
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A 24/7 parkade is available on site, along with three surface lots located near the west entrance (off 26th Ave NE), the emergency entrance, and the East Wing. Parking rates are $2.00 per half-hour, $13/day, $41/week, or $85/month, with senior discounts available. Accessible parking is provided in all surface lots and the parkade. Note: propane-powered vehicles are not permitted in the parkade.
Peter Lougheed Centre is accessible by Calgary Transit. Bus routes 303, 38, and 43 stop near the hospital, with the closest bus stops at 36 St NE & 26 Ave NE approximately a 4-minute walk away. The nearest CTrain station is Whitehorn Station on the Blue Line, about a 15-minute walk from the hospital. On-site lifts and elevators support accessibility for patients and visitors.
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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