There are no longer cancer services at Tom Baker Cancer Centre / Holy Cross. See news release.
As of October 28, outpatients receiving cancer care in Calgary should visit the Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre for all appointments.
Whether you are coming to Arthur Child for an appointment or staying with us overnight, there are a variety of services available. Below you will find information that will help you when coming to the centre.
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Your appointment slip will arrive in advance, providing instructions on location, date and time.
Check-in at your appointment area as stated on your appointment slip.
The building has various wayfinding options including volunteers to assist you in finding your appointment.
Note that treatment and clinic appointments may be in different locations within the building.
Download the My Care Conversations app from the App Store or Google Play to record and track information provided at your appointments.
Catered Comfort, a first in any AHS facility, is a patient meal ordering app that allows our patients to order food up to two days in advance to be delivered at their convenience. Meal options available are based on individual nutrition plans determined by your care team. Learn more.
Is an innovative glass technology, controlled by the patient environmental controller (PEC) in inpatient rooms, that enhances energy efficiency by adjusting how much sunlight and heat enter a building. By controlling the amount of heat and light that enters the building, Dynamic glass helps maintain a comfortable indoor environment, reduces energy use, and lowers operating costs.
Your room has features to make your stay more comfortable. You can control these features with an ipad called the Patient Environmental Controller, or PEC.
The PEC lets you adjust:
All patient rooms are equipped with a patient-lift system. This system will aid the care team in safely transporting patients to and from the washroom and bed.
All patients who stay overnight with us will have a single occupancy room with a private bathroom. This will allow for more privacy; more room for family and friends and offers a more home-like environment.
Each inpatient room is equipped with a sleeper sofa that will allow family comfortable seating and a place to rest should they decide to stay with patients overnight.
Services available at the site include: General Radiology, Mammography, Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT), Nuclear Medicine, and Interventional Radiology
The outpatient pharmacy provides only cancer treatment medication. All other medications should be filled at a regular pharmacy.
Have your lab work done at a local laboratory. If you need to have bloodwork done while at the cancer centre, a lab is available on the 5th floor for your convenience.
In-person, video and phone translation services are available. If this service is desired, please let your care team know.
