Alberta Health Care Crisis

• Record number of Albertans looking for family doctors: Primary Care Networks

  In a report published earlier this year, around 923,542 people visited the Alberta Find a Doctor website between April 2022 and March 2023. 

  Health

  Oct 3, 2023
  
• Pincher Creek emergency department to temporarily close because of staffing shortages

  AHS said the Pincher Creek Health Centre emergency department will be closed starting from 8 a.m. on Saturday to 8 a.m. on Monday.

  Health

  Jul 1, 2023
  
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• Albertan with flesh-eating disease stuck in Mexico due to lack of Edmonton hospital beds

  Doctors wanted to airlift Maia Stock to Edmonton from Mexico, but there wasn’t a hospital bed open, even though she was at the top of the priority list.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2023
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• ‘They’ve thrown excuses’: Alberta health experts concerned over hallway medicine directive

  The directive was a short-term effort to support emergency department volumes and move admitted patients to designated units, according to Alberta Health Services.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2022