Alberta Health

• ‘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.

  Health

  Jan 9
  
• Alberta doctors plead for state of emergency as hospitals overwhelmed

  Physicians are using increasingly concerning language, saying they have never seen Alberta’s emergency departments as overwhelmed as they have been this winter.

  Health

  Jan 8
  
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• Will Alberta’s public-private health approach actually reduce wait times?

  Health experts are divided on whether allowing surgeons to work in the public and private health systems simultaneously will shorten wait-lists.

  Health

  Jan 1
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• Wife seeking justice after Edmonton father dies in hospital waiting to see ER doctor

  The wife of an Edmonton man who died in a hospital ER room after waiting more than eight hours says she will do whatever it takes to find justice for her husband.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2025
• ‘Completely avoidable’: Review ordered after Edmonton man dies waiting in ER

  The Alberta government has ordered a review after a 44-year-old man died of an apparent cardiac arrest while waiting for care in an Edmonton emergency department.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2025
• Edmonton father, 44, dies in hospital after waiting 8 hours in ER to see a doctor

  On Dec. 22, Prashant Sreekumawent to emergency at Grey Nuns Hospital due to severe chest pains. The 44-year-old father of three died after waiting eight hours to see a doctor.

  Canada

  Dec 24, 2025
• Alberta minister, new permanent chief medical officer of health eye renewed collaboration

  New chief medical officer of health Dr. Vivien Suttorp and primary care minister Adriana LaGrange say they're looking forward to working together as the province enters a new era.

  Health

  Dec 19, 2025
• Dr. Vivien Suttorp named Alberta’s permanent chief medical officer of health

  Dr. Vivien Suttorp, a longtime medical officer in southern Alberta, is now the province's CMOH — the first person in three years appointed to the role on a permanent basis.

  Health

  Dec 18, 2025
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• Alberta ERs seeing flood of influenza patients as cases jump 70% in a week

  In the first week of December, there was a 70 per cent jump in the number of lab-confirmed influenza cases in Alberta, along with 300 more hospitalizations and six more deaths.

  Health

  Dec 11, 2025
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• Alberta auditor general recommends new system for health reporting, finds disparity

  Alberta's auditor general says widespread turnover at the executive level of AHS played a role in inconsistent reporting, as did competing priorities of its board and government.

  Health

  Dec 11, 2025