Alberta Health
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Alberta to boost doctor spending by 22% as detail of upcoming budget sharedDanielle Smith said Alberta will spend $7.7 billion on doctors in 2026-27 — one of the first major details to come out of what's expected to be a budget filled with red ink.PoliticsFeb 23
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Health advocates urge feds to take a stance on Alberta’s health privatizationHealth-care advocates are lobbying lawmakers and calling on the federal government to take a stance on Alberta's latest moves to expand privatization of health care.HealthFeb 9
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Extra Alberta ER doctor shifts delayed amid talks between government, physiciansThe new E.R. triage shifts are meant for doctors to help speed up patient assessments and diagnostic work, and in some cases begin providing care in the waiting room.HealthFeb 2
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Opposition calls on premier to reconvene Alberta legislature over hospital crisisCalls for urgent health-care system measures have intensified since the death last month of a man who waited nearly eight hours in an Edmonton emergency department.HealthJan 20
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Alberta doctors hope new E.R. triage physician role is properly resourcedAlberta doctors are hoping a new pilot project to introduce triage physicians into emergency department waiting rooms is properly resourced.HealthJan 16
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Alberta orders inquiry into death of man waiting for care at Edmonton hospital E.R.Alberta Hospitals Minister Matt Jones said a judge-led fatality inquiry will look into what happened when Prashant Sreekumar died while waiting for care at the Grey Nuns Hospital.HealthJan 15
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Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says worst of flu season likely overDr. Vivien Suttorp says hospitalizations for respiratory viruses peaked on Dec. 31, when there were 700 influenza patients — a number that has since dropped to 513.HealthJan 13
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Alberta NDP calls on Danielle Smith to acknowledge, address ER capacity ‘crisis’Alberta's Opposition NDP says instead of directing resources towards fixing long emergency department wait times, "it feels like the UCP is still on vacation mode.”HealthJan 12
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‘Absolute crisis’: Alberta E.R. doctors keep pushing for state of emergency'The state of the acute-care system in the Edmonton zone is an absolute crisis. I have never seen it this bad,' said a Royal Alexandra Hospital emergency department physician.HealthJan 9
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Alberta doctors plead for state of emergency as hospitals overwhelmedPhysicians are using increasingly concerning language, saying they have never seen Alberta’s emergency departments as overwhelmed as they have been this winter.HealthJan 8
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