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Calgary General Hospital: Telling a Calgary Story
Open to members, guests and the public
**Members of the public may attend without registering and at no cost.
CALL Members are asked to register for planning purposes**
Perhaps you were born there, or were a patient or did you work there? The Calgary General Hospital was the primary centre for health care in our city for many decades. The hospital was closed and imploded in 1998 and today, a memorial wall is the only visible reminder of its long presence in Bridgeland.
In this presentation you’ll learn about ‘the General’ from its humble beginnings in a rented house to its final years. At this event, Deb Lee will tell us about the 108-year history of the CGH and the Bridgeland - Riverside Community Association’s plans to keep the story of ‘The General’ alive.
Presenter's Bio: Deb Lee spent her formative years in Manitoba and came to Alberta in 1975, arriving in Calgary in 1982. She is now a 25+ year resident of Bridgeland Riverside. After a 40 year career in Nursing – as a front-line nurse, educator, director of care and clinical nurse.