The centre provides 24/7 Urgent Care services but is not a full-service hospital and does not admit any patients for overnight stays.

The Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre opened early Spring 2008 at the site of the former Colonel Belcher Veterans hospital.

The facility is named for Sheldon Chumir, an Alberta civil liberties lawyer and long-time Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for Alberta who represented constituents in Calgary in the provincial government.

Plans to move once suitable location is found was announced in July 2021[3] Alberta Health Services still lists Safeworks at the centre as of August 2023.

The dealer accepted the money on the street while the substance was handed to the investigator within the Safeworks supervised consumption site inside the centre.