EDMONTON The minister of health in Alberta says the NDP is “lying” and exaggerating claims about shortages in health-care staff in the province leading to temporary service level reductions. Tyler Shandro was asked by reporters about staffing shortages at health-care facilities across the province at a media availability Monday. Multiple hospitals across the province have faced bed closures and staff shortages. Earlier this month the Royal Alexandra hospital – the largest in Edmonton – closed six beds in their emergency room. On Friday, another 12 beds were closed at that facility until receiving morning staff relief. Additionally, Fort Vermillion’s St. Theresa General Hospital emergency department announced on Friday that it would have no overnight physician coverage temporarily until the end of the month.
EDMONTON The Grey Nuns Hospital in Edmonton is now the latest in a string of health care facilities in Alberta facing bed closures or service reductions. In an internal letter from Covenant Health that CTV News Edmonton obtained, the hospital operator said “unforeseen medical leaves of several staff in rapid succession” were to blame for a lack of endoscopy coverage at the hospital. Starting Sunday, there would be no weekday nursing coverage from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. and no weekend nursing coverage from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. in the endoscopy unit. There would be staff on site to triage or direct patients to other facilities in the Edmonton health zone.
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Little is known of George Malcolmson’s early life except that his birth is dated 1867. By 1897, the thirty year old Malcolmson arrived in Lethbridge, already a practicing doctor. He established a thriving medical practice at the old Sir Alexander Galt Hospital, situated close to the downtown core and commanding a great view over the coulees of the Oldman River. This refurbished brick structure now serves as the city operated museum and archives. Part of his initial work was taking care of those men injured during the building of the Lethbridge to Nelson BC Canadian Pacific Railway. Pincher Creek history enthusiasts will recall that this was the railway that traverses our foothills terrain. The start of the line’s construction in that city, which included the mammoth High Level Bridge spanning
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On Thursday, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) said the government was proposing a four per cent wage cut for its general support services workers effective immediately after a new agreement is ratified, followed by a three-year wage freeze.
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In a statement Friday, Toews said the government has to keep spending under control when the province is facing $93 billion in debt. He said Albertans pay more than most Canadians for public services including health care.
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