The Chief Medical Officer of Health has indicated that continuing care sites must update residents and families of their site’s outbreak status. 

Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital is on an Outbreak. 

Site Outbreak Definitions

1. Outbreak prevention is:
   • No residents or staff showing any symptoms of COVID-19
2. Alert is defined as:
   • At least one resident or staff member who exhibits one or more symptoms of COVID-19
   • Staff with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 who did not work while symptomatic
3.  A confirmed COVID-19 outbreak is defined as:
   • Any one individual (resident or staff) with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. Staff must have worked while symptomatic.
   • Sites with two or more laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases will be included in public reporting.

For information related to COVID-19, we encourage you to visit Alberta Health Services’ website.

If you have any questions about your site, please contact us directly. Contact information is on the left.

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Free visitor parking is available, including accessible parking stalls, on the east side of the hospital. 

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Staff                                                    99

Volunteers                                         3

Outpatient visits                               815

Emergency visits                              2,780

Acute care beds                               5

Continuing care beds                      22

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Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital first opened in 1911 and has served as a landmark in Castor ever since.

The hospital was built shortly after the Town of Castor was incorporated in 1910. The Town council had offered incentives to the Daughters of Wisdom, convincing them to open a local hospital. Six Sisters arrived to serve the community and the original hospital opened on October 29, 1911.

In 1920 the west wing was added, allowing space for a chapel and the sisters to relocate from their previous quarters in the basement to the new wing of the facility. A decade later, the original building was extended to the south and could accommodate the elevator that continues to operate to this day. Prior to its installation, the Sisters had to carry patients by stretcher to the upper floors.

A modern acute care wing was added in 1962, and a long-term care unit was added in 1994. A courtyard now sits between the three sections of the hospital.

Over the years, the number of Sisters serving the hospital has gradually declined. The Catholic Health Care Association took ownership of the hospital in 2003, and it is now directed by Covenant Health. Today, the century-old hospital has been designated as a provincial historic resource and continues to be a shining example of the Catholic health care heritage in Alberta.