health care system

• Environmental services staff step up in fight against COVID-19 in Alberta

  The pandemic has put an emphasis on hygiene, but for one group, keeping things clean has always been a top priority at work,

  Health

  Apr 9
• COVID-19 variants reducing hospital capacity, increasing ER wait times: Alberta doctor

  In waves one and two of the pandemic, Dr. Mithani said COVID-19 units could cohort between two and four positive patients in the same room. With variants, that can't be done.

  Health

  Apr 6
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• The story of Lexi Daken and a New Brunswick mother’s fight to fix a ‘completely failing’ system

  Sixteen-year-old Lexi Daken died by suicide on Wednesday. Her mother, Shawna Betts, took to Facebook the next day in an outcry, saying the health-care system failed her daughter.

  Canada

  Feb 26
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• Hinshaw calls Alberta pastor jailed for breaking COVID-19 rules ‘a rare incident’

  "I want to thank the vast majority of faith leaders and faith communities who have worked hard to protect each other and the broader communities," Dr. Hinshaw said.

  Health

  Feb 18
• Hospital ICUs in Calgary reach record high for COVID-19 patients

  "We're actually at the highest number of ICU patients with COVID(-19) that we've had in Calgary during the pandemic thus far."

  Health

  Jan 23
• COVID-19 fear leading to health care workers, ethnic groups being stigmatized

  There are 682 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 124 of whom are in intensive care. 

  Health

  Dec 10, 2020
• Coronavirus: Alberta officials no longer planning to post provincial R value publicly

  While Alberta officials told Global News on Nov. 27 that the provincial COVID-19 R value would begin being posted publicly on Nov. 30, they backtracked on Dec. 2 and said that is not the case.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2020
• More peace officers to enforce COVID-19 restrictions as Alberta records 1,227 new cases

  Alberta's justice minister says his government is empowering an additional 700 peace officers to be able to issue fines against people who break public health restrictions.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2020
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• Alberta’s positivity rate sits at 7%; rapid tests coming to some assessment centres

  Ten deaths were reported to Alberta Health in the last 24 hours, Hinshaw said.

  Health

  Nov 26, 2020
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• ‘Our situation is grim’: Alberta breaks daily record for COVID-19 cases Friday, sees 11 new deaths

  This week, Alberta confirmed more new active COVID-19 cases than any other week since the pandemic began.

  Economy

  Nov 20, 2020