Covenant Health

• Expanded ER at Misericordia Hospital to open Tuesday, tripling capacity

  The emergency department at the Misericordia Community Hospital will open at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, promising to triple patient capacity, according to AHS.

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  Nov 19, 2023
  
• Grey Nuns Hospital temporarily pauses admissions to insulin pump program

  One of two insulin pump therapy program sites in the Edmonton region says it is temporarily pausing new admissions to allow it to catch up on a backlog of new patients.

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  Nov 12, 2023
  
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• Misericordia hospital runs simulations ahead of new emergency department opening

  The Misericordia hospital's new emergency department -- which is nearly three times larger than the current ER -- has been turned over from the construction company.

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  Sep 6, 2023
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• 5 Alberta LPNs’ fight to be classified as ‘direct nurses’ continues as some unions push back

  A group of LPNs pushing to have their jobs reclassified as direct nurses is now waiting to hear from the Alberta Labour Relations Board on where their fight goes next.

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  Jul 5, 2023
• Masking no longer required in Alberta health facilities

  With COVID-19 cases in decline, Alberta Health Services is dropping its requirement for people to mask up inside health-care facilities. The change takes effect on June 19.

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  Jun 15, 2023
• Lawsuit filed after alleged ‘inhumane’ treatment of Indigenous woman and baby at Edmonton hospital

  Pearl Gambler said she was just over 19 weeks gestation with her third child when she had severe lower back pain and went to see her obstetrician in Edmonton.

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  Nov 3, 2022
• Patients lay for hours on Misericordia Hospital ER floor: ‘It was disgusting’

  Trista Champagne said she was one of many people in pain who ended up laying on the floor while waiting in the Misericordia Hospital ER, after no gurneys were available.

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  Sep 6, 2022
• Province announces new facility for expectant mothers in northern Alberta

  Planning is underway for the AHS-owned, Covenant Health-operated facility that will bring new maternity and emergency medical services space to northern Alberta.

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  Apr 3, 2022
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• Alberta nurses formally agree to new collective agreement

  Members of United Nurses of Alberta have ratified a new provincial collective agreement after 'one of the most prolonged and arduous negotiations' in its history,' the UNA said.

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  Jan 27, 2022
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• Edmonton Zone care facilities see huge increases in COVID-19 outbreaks

  In total, Alberta Health is reporting 123 acute, long-term and supportive living facilities in the Edmonton Zone in outbreak status.

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  Jan 25, 2022