Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital

Covenant Health

Resources

Resident & Family Handbook (PDF)
Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital Legacy Story (PDF)

Facility Overview

Contact Information
Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital
5402 47 St
Castor AB   T0C  0X0

Main phone: 403.882.3434
Fax: 403.882.2751

Long-term care phone: 403.882.2882

Mailing Address
Box 329
Castor AB   T0C 0X0

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Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital in Castor provides a full range of health services to the progressive rural community in east-central Alberta, and works closely with neighbouring communities of Coronation and Consort.

Programs & services

24-hour emergency

Acute care services

Ambulatory care

Continuing care

Diagnostic services

Family medicine centre

Foot care services

Laboratory 

Palliative care

Rehabilitation services (inpatient and outpatient)

Respiratory therapy consultations (outpatient)

Respite Care

Spiritual care

Patient & visitor information

Admission & discharge

General information

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Update to Designated Family/Support Person and Visitor Access

Covenant Health acknowledges the social nature of care and the role of family as an integral dimension of the patient and resident experience. Therefore, at Covenant Health there is a presumption in favour of family presence as the standard of care.

Exceptions are necessary when patient, resident and staff safety, quality, privacy and other factors determine limitations.

Refer to the Designated Family/Support Person and Visitor Policy for more information about access and visitation.

Parking

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

Parking map

2021/22 Overview

Staff                                                    109

Volunteers                                         12

Outpatient visits                               773

Emergency visits                              3,040

Acute care beds                               5

Continuing care beds                      22

Our founders

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.

 

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