Alberta Health System

• Alberta’s health goal is for service to be adaptable to community needs: Premier Smith

  Several leaders of Alberta municipalities are hopeful that changes to the health-care system will mean improved service in rural parts of the province.

  Health

  Nov 9, 2023
  
• Province hopes to bring more international nurses to Alberta

  The Alberta government is providing more spaces and financial aid to get internationally educated nurses accredited in the province.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2023
  
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• COVID-19 in Alberta: ‘Increases in virus circulation and hospital admission’ but rise is smaller, slower

  While COVID-19 continues to spread in Alberta and hospital admissions due to the virus continue to tick up, the trends are not as drastic as previous waves, Copping said.

  Health

  Apr 20, 2022
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• About 60% of PCR-positive COVID-19 cases in Alberta are Omicron subvariant BA.2

  Alberta's chief medical officer of health said Wednesday that the Omicron subvariant BA.2 is now the dominant COVID-19 strain in the province.

  Health

  Mar 23, 2022
• Calgary gets pop-up vaccine clinics as Alberta sees small drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations

  Both Alberta's COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions went down slightly on Thursday. Six new deaths were reported to Alberta Health in the last 24 hours.

  Health

  Mar 10, 2022
• Alberta adding up to 50 ICU beds to health system this year

  Through the 2022 budget, Alberta is adding "up to 50 permanent, fully staffed intensive care unit beds this year" to increase health capacity.

  Health

  Mar 2, 2022
• COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Alberta continue to rise

  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health urged people to remain vigilant and get vaccinated, saying the province’s acute-care system is under enormous stress amid Omicron.

  Health

  Jan 19, 2022
• COVID-19: Alberta could see ‘modest, common-sense relaxation of measures for Christmas’

  Premier Jason Kenney said Albertans can expect an update on COVID-19 health measures over the holidays on Tuesday.

  Health

  Dec 10, 2021
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• Alberta says surgery backlog has stabilized at 81,600 following latest COVID-19 wave

  Jason Copping says the wait list stood at 68,000 cases before the pandemic began and has been rising and falling as waves of COVID-19 have swept through.

  Health

  Dec 9, 2021
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• Alberta Opposition presses health officials over pandemic response

  Alberta health officials, including Dr. Deena Hinshaw and AHS CEO Dr. Verna Yiu, appeared in front of the Public Accounts Committee.

  Politics

  Nov 23, 2021