Construction is beginning on a new chartered surgical facility on Enoch Cree Nation that will increase publicly funded surgeries and reduce wait times.
Alberta’s government is building capacity in the publicly funded health care system to support thousands more surgeries and reduce wait times across the province.
Expanding contracts with chartered surgical facilities in central and southern Alberta will reduce wait times and deliver about 2,600 more surgeries closer to home.
Cancer surgeries in Alberta are now at nearly 115 per cent of pre-pandemic volumes, with an increased number completed within clinically recommended time.