Alberta Hospitals

• Alberta Medical Association president warns of long waits, very sick kids at hospitals

  The president of the Alberta Medical Association is raising concerns about capacity issues at Alberta's hospitals.

  Health

  Dec 11, 2023
  
• 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
  
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• Alberta election fact check: Does Danielle Smith want to ‘sell off’ hospitals?

  Danielle Smith's political opponents are accusing her of wanting to "sell off hospitals" in Alberta. Did she actually say that?

  Politics

  May 18, 2023
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• Alberta NDP says newly uncovered video of Smith concerning for public hospitals

  Alberta's NDP says a video showing United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith proposing to sell off hospitals to private operators is highly problematic.

  Politics

  May 10, 2023
• Stollery Children’s Hospital gets more money to advance planning on a stand-alone building

  The Province of Alberta has earmarked $3 million over three years in the 2023 budget to go towards planning for a new, stand-alone Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton.

  Health

  Mar 23, 2023
• ‘Dire situation’ as rural Alberta hospital sees staff shortages, ER closures

  Rural Albertans are describing it as an alarming situation. The town of Oyen has no acute care beds in hospital and limited emergency department services.

  Health

  Feb 24, 2023
• COVID hospitalizations in Alberta ebb to levels not seen since July

  COVID hospitalizations in Alberta have been coming down through early 2023, to levels not seen since late July 2022.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2023
• COVID hospitalizations continue to trend downward in Alberta; ICU admissions hold

  For nearly three weeks, COVID-19 hospitalizations have been trending down in Alberta.

  Health

  Jan 25, 2023
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• Alberta Health Services says network outage was caused by ‘routine maintenance’

  A senior health official said doctors and staff at hospitals had to use paper charts, whiteboards and phone calls to communicate with each other during the network outage.

  Health

  Jan 25, 2023
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• Alberta’s 1st shipment of kid’s pain reliever arrives at Edmonton airport

  The Alberta government said the acetaminophen shipment will bolster supply and ensure that children who are being treated at hospitals can get the pain and fever relief they need.

  Health

  Jan 19, 2023