Medicine Hat Cancer Centre
Medicine Hat Cancer Clinic
666 - 5th Street Sw
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
T1A 4H6
Tel: 403 529 8817
The Medicine Hat Cancer Centre is in the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. This centre was established in 1989 by the Alberta Cancer Board.
The Centre includes 10 treatment chairs, four treatment beds, four exam rooms, one procedure room and a conference room equipped for Telehealth sessions. The Medicine Hat Cancer Centre serves a catchment population of 120,000 in southeast Alberta.
Services provided
Assessments and examinations
Chemotherapy — all levels
Transfusion of blood products
Fluid replacement for dehydration
Colposcopy screening for cervical cancer and Cryotherapy
Diagnostic imaging
Pain management
Palliative treatment
Counselling and psychosocial support
Education of patients and families
Medications
The Medicine Hat Cancer Centre refers all patients who require radiation treatment to the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary.
© 2008 Alberta Cancer Board and Foundation
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