Alberta Health

• Advocates hope Alberta will follow other provinces and fund fertility treatments

  Advocates are hoping the Alberta government will provide funding for fertility treatments in the province, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

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• Costs forcing walk-in clinics and family practices in Alberta to close

  Several Medicentres and family clinics have closed or are about to in Edmonton and Calgary because doctors aren't able to afford the rent.

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• Alberta health minister confirms capacity strain after neonatal doctors warn of pending crisis

  Adriana LaGrange said the province has 'a bit of strain' in neonatal intensive care unit capacity but no babies have been airlifted out of Alberta for care for seven years.

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  Apr 17
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• Edmonton doctors warn of NICU crisis that could lead to baby deaths

  'We're starting to get to the point where there is potential serious harm that is going to be afflicting the most fragile, vulnerable patients that we have in this province.'

  Health

  Apr 16
• Saskatchewan partners with Alberta and Ontario to battle mental illness and addiction struggles

  Over the last two days, ministers from Alberta, Sask., and Ontario met in Calgary for the eighth annual Recovery Capital Conference of Canada.

  Health

  Apr 4
• Alberta pharmacists ask for provincial rule change to help deliver measles vaccines

  Medical associations are concerned that cases of two preventable diseases are climbing. Alberta pharmacists are requesting permission to offer measles vaccines.

  Health

  Mar 25
• Alberta orders reviews after non-profit ships stroke patient from hospital to Leduc motel

  Nixon says his ministry was "literally playing detective" over the weekend to figure out who was a Contentment client and what kind of support they needed. 

  Health

  Mar 25
• Alberta physicians to receive funding based on patient roster size

  The funding provided is based on the number of patients on a physician's panel. The minimum number of continual patients required to receive payments is 500.

  Health

  Mar 24
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• Alberta premier says province paid $25K hotel bill from social services provider

  Premier Danielle Smith says the province has stepped in to pay an outstanding $25,000 bill to a hotel where a social services agency dispatched patients in post-hospital recovery.

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  Mar 22
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• Social agency that moved patient to motel appeals for help; Alberta removes it from ‘list’

  Alberta's health minister said the government will review the entire list of support and housing agencies referred to patients when they're discharged from the health system.

  Health

  Mar 21