Misericordia Community Hospital

The Misericordia Community Hospital is an acute care hospital in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Misericordia is home to the Craniofacial Care Program (formerly known as the Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine (iRSM)), a facility for reconstruction of the face, head and neck.^[1]

Misericordia Community Hospital
Covenant Health/Alberta Health Services
Location in Edmonton
Geography
Location	16940 87 Avenue NW Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates	53.5207°N 113.6119°W / 53.5207; -113.6119
Organization
Care system	Medicare
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Acute Care
Network	Alberta Health Services
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	309
Helipad	TC LID: CMC2
Public transit access	West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre
History
Opened	1900
Links
Website	covenanthealth.ca/hospitals-care-centres/misericordia-community-hospital
Lists	Hospitals in Canada

The original Misericordia Hospital was established in 1900 by the Congregation of the Sisters of Misericorde, a religious congregation dedicated to nursing the poor and unwed mothers.^[2][3] The Sisters of Misericorde operated the hospital until the 1970s.^[3] The hospital is now part of Covenant Health, a Catholic health care provider operating 18 facilities across Alberta, in cooperation with Alberta Health Services.^[4]

History

The hospital as an organization was founded in 1900, and it used rented facilities in its early years. Its first dedicated building opened in 1906 on the northwest corner of Hardisty Avenue and 11th Street^[5] (modern 98 Avenue and 111 Street in Wîhkwêntôwin). It moved to its new building in West Meadowlark Park upon its completion in 1969.^[6]

Main services

The Misericordia Community Hospital offers a range of services.^[1]

• 24-hour emergency care
• General medicine and surgery
• Orthopedics
• Urology
• Plastic surgery
• Intensive and coronary care
• Pediatrics
• Geriatrics
• Mental health
• Women's health
• Diagnostics
• Ambulatory care