Alberta Hospital Capacity

• 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
  
• ‘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
  
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• Red Deer hospital diverting all but ‘life or limb’ emergency surgeries to Edmonton and Calgary

  The Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is diverting all emergent surgical cases — "with the exception of emergency life or limb cases" — to facilities in Edmonton and Calgary.

  Health

  Feb 2, 2022
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• Alberta’s Omicron wave has peaked, but additional COVID-19 beds to open in Edmonton & Calgary: Kenney

  The premier believes Alberta has reached the peak of the fifth wave. However, the province also announced it will open additional COVID-19 beds to relieve hospital pressures.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2022
• Alberta postpones even more surgeries due to overwhelming increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations

  Alberta Health Services is postponing more surgeries in all areas of the province as demand for hospital space increases due to a rise of COVID-19 cases.

  Health

  Sep 3, 2021
• AHS transferring patients out of Grande Prairie hospital to free space for COVID-19 care

  Alberta Health Services tweeted Sunday that it is transferring "up to nine patients" out of the Grande Prairie QEII Hospital to neighbouring health-care centres.

  Health

  Aug 29, 2021
• Alberta’s COVID-19 surge spurs delays for up to 30% of non-urgent surgeries in Edmonton zone

  As COVID-19 case numbers continue to surge in Alberta, the province's health authority says the strain put on the health system will affect non-urgent surgeries.

  Health

  Aug 27, 2021
• Alberta Health Services says hospital bed closures no cause for alarm

  Deb Gordon, who is the chief operating officer for AHS, says more than 98 per cent of beds in acute and emergency care are available provincewide.

  Health

  Jul 23, 2021
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• 10K surgeries delayed during Alberta’s 3rd COVID-19 wave

  An additional 10,000 surgeries have been delayed in the third COVID-19 wave, according to Alberta Health Services.

  Health

  Jun 4, 2021