Chinook Health is part of

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, the governing body for healthcare regulation in the

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. Chinook Health administers public health services in southwestern

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; the region it covers is bordered on the south by

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, on the west by

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, on the north by Calgary Health Region and on the east by Palliser Health Region.

Government

Until May 15, 2008 the Chinook Regional Health Authority was governed by a 12 member Board whose members were appointed from communities within the region. On May 15, 2008 the Board (and the boards of all the other 8 health regions) was dissolved by Health Minister Ron Liepert, with governance transferred to the province-wide

Board.

Demographics

The region is 25,947 km² and contains a population of over 150,000, which is 5% of Alberta's population. The population of

Lethbridge Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 106,550 in the 2023 Alberta municipal censuses, 2023 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...

makes up over half of the region's population. Persons over the age of 65 years made up over 1/10 of the CHR population in 1998. Approximately 10,000 Aboriginal people live in the region, most of whom are of the Blackfoot Nations. The number also includes some

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and other others. Additionally, roughly 15,000 Kanadier Mennonites live in the Chinook Health region. Numbers vary as groups migrate between home communities in Central America and the region.

Facilities

Chinook Health operates 12 hospitals, 15 community health centres, and 5 continuing care facilities in 14 communities.

Employment

The health region employs more people in Lethbridge than any other single organization. Employees include 3,500 staff and 200 physicians.

Services

Chinook Health provides the following services throughout the region: *Breast health *Cardiac rehab *Chinook Rehabilitation Program (CRP) *Community nutrition *Diabetes management *Emergency and critical care *Healing arts *Health protection *Health promotion *Laboratory *Medical imaging *Medicine and surgery *Mental health *Nutrition services *Oral health *Pharmacy *Physicians *Population health *Respiratory *Seniors' health *Social Work *Spiritual care services *Transitional care *Wellness services *Women's and children's health

External links

Chinook Health Services
Health regions of Alberta