Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital

• Staffing issue spurs Fort Saskatchewan hospital to temporarily close its obstetrics unit again

  Staffing issues have once again prompted Alberta Health Services to temporarily close the obstetrics unit at a hospital northeast of Edmonton.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2022
  
• Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital temporarily closing obstetrics unit for 2nd time

  Alberta Health Services says an Edmonton-area hospital is to temporarily close its obstetrics unit for the second time in less than a month due to a lack of specialists.

  Health

  Aug 31, 2022
  
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• Fort Saskatchewan hospital suspends services for pregnant women due to COVID-19 impact on staffing

  A hospital northeast of Edmonton is temporarily suspending its labour and delivery services for pregnant women because of staffing shortages resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

  Health

  Dec 31, 2021
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• EMS will be diverted from 7 Alberta ERs as Wave 2 of Connect Care launches Saturday

  EMS with non-critical patients will be diverted from seven Alberta emergency departments when Wave 2 of AHS' new electronic health system launches Saturday.

  Health

  Oct 23, 2020
• Fort Saskatchewan Hospital suspends labour, delivery services due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Anyone who was planning to deliver at the hospital is being redirected to other facilities.

  Health

  Apr 16, 2020
• Alberta government continues focus on increasing midwife options with services in Fort Saskatchewan

  On Friday, Health Minister Sarah Hoffman announced the Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital is now offering midwife services.

  Health

  Jul 28, 2017
• Federal inmate who allegedly escaped from custody facing 6 charges

  The RCMP has charged a 20-year-old federal inmate who allegedly escaped from custody at the Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital on Saturday while on a medical escorted temporary absence.

  Canada

  Mar 5, 2017
• Mother-to-be waits 7 hours in Fort Saskatchewan hospital through miscarriage

  A Bruderheim woman is speaking out about hospital wait times, after she sat in a hospital waiting room for seven hours while she miscarried her child.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2015