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Alberta premier to launch health care changes in 2024: ‘One goal can’t wait on the other’Premier Smith is set to take scalpel and bone saw to Alberta's $17-billion health-delivery system in 2024, while simultaneously scrambling to keep and find more family doctors.HealthDec 30, 2023
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Alberta premier hints at ‘other arrangements’ as Dynalife struggles with lab servicesSince DynaLIFE began providing lab services across Alberta last year, complaints have piled in from patients describing challenges in accessing services like blood tests.CanadaJun 13, 2023
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Alberta NDP raises concerns about lack of funding for rural health careAlberta's NDP says the only hospital in a town south of Calgary faces potential closures in its emergency department because the United Conservative Party has not supported it.PoliticsMay 15, 2023
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Alberta election: High River doctors raise concerns over shortages in rural health careDoctors in High River, south of Calgary, say the town has lost a quarter of its complement of physicians over the last three years due to retirement, relocation and burnout.HealthMay 12, 2023
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Alberta election: NDP Leader Rachel Notley promises health care improvementsAlberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley says her government would expand the hours of medical clinics as part of an overall plan to improve health care in the province.CanadaMay 2, 2023
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‘Capacity challenges’ at Alberta hospitals mean no New Year’s baby announcementA popular New Year's tradition will not take place in 2023 because of the pressure Alberta's healthcare facilities are currently under.FeaturesDec 30, 2022
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Alberta health-care unions demand meeting with Copping, Premier SmithSeveral Alberta health-care unions joined forces Monday to insist on a meeting with new premier Danielle Smith to 'develop a plan to deal with the crisis in health care.'HealthOct 24, 2022
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Fort Saskatchewan obstetrics unit closing temporarily due to staffing shortagePregnant patients who planned on delivering at the hospital will need to adjust their birth plans to instead deliver at the Sturgeon Community Hospital, according to AHS.HealthAug 5, 2022
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Alberta health officials provide final ‘regularly scheduled COVID update’Health Minister Jason Copping said there were 661 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 17 of those patients were being treated in the ICU.HealthJun 22, 2022
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COVID-19: Alberta ICU nurse dies as pressure on health-care system continues to mountDr. Verna Yiu said 27 COVID-19 patients needed to be admitted to Alberta ICUs on Wednesday -- one of the highest daily admissions this month.HealthSep 30, 2021
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