Due to a lack of nursing coverage, the Fort Macleod Health Centre emergency department is temporarily closed from 7:30 a.m. until 7:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4. During the closure, nursing staff will remain on-site to provide care for long-term care residents. Patients are asked to call 911 if they have a medical emergency. EMS calls…Continue Reading

A charity hockey tournament that hits the ice Friday promises to be one for the ages. The inaugural Hockey Through the Ages Charity Tournament features eight teams of players aged 25 to 79 years battling for bragging rights. The real winner will be the palliative care program at Fort Macleod Health Centre, which is the…Continue Reading

Women aged 50 to 74 years — the group most at risk of developing breast cancer — will have local…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod Health Centre staff can now treat the most critical patients in an improved trauma room. Fund-raising led by the Fort Macleod Health Foundation paid for the $105,000 upgrading project. The trauma room now features up-to-date technology and state of the art infection control. “This is a great space and it is certainly improved,”…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod Health Foundation raised more than $30,000 Saturday night for a state-of-the-art trauma room at the health centre. Two…Continue Reading