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But the United Nurses of Alberta and the Opposition NDP says that data doesn’t match the reality on the ground.
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Deb Gordon, the chief operating officer for AHS, said Friday that more than 98 per cent of beds in acute and emergency care are available provincewide.
Gordon says there are only two locations Fort Vermilion and Elk Point where emergency services have closed and forced patients to be sent elsewhere at certain times.
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EDMONTON After dozens of hospitals in Alberta have faced staffing shortages that created reduced service levels or temporary closures, health officials will provide an update about Alberta Health Services (AHS) emergency capacity. In a media release sent Thursday evening, AHS says it will provide an update on acute care and emergency department capacities at facilities across the province. The update is scheduled for Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. Dr. Verna Yiu, AHS president and CEO, and Deb Gordon, AHS vice president and chief operating officer, are expected to provide the update. At least 20 AHS hospitals and care centres – including McLennan, Fairview, Rocky Mountain House, Consort, and Elk Point – have been forced to reduce service levels since Jan. 1.
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When asked if the province would commit to the real-time reporting amid a shortage of health-care staff that’s led to temporary closures, Shandro accused the NDP of lying about the extent of the province’s challenges.
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“They told us that the doctors were fleeing the province, they attacked our contingency plans when it came to field hospitals, they told Albertans that we were firing nurses during the pandemic they were all complete lies and the NDP are again abject and complete liars,” said Shandro at an unrelated news conference, doubling down on similar comments he made Monday.
Alberta chiefs call for minister to meet them to discuss racism in health care
July 21, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
O’Chiese First Nation Chief Douglas Beaverbones won’t let a meeting that was scheduled with Health Minister Tyler Shandro and Alberta Health Services
yesterday in Red Deer and cancelled without explanation stop him from taking action.
“I’m still trying to find a way to meet with him,” said Beaverbones about Shandro.
High on his agenda is the behaviour his members face when they encounter health professionals. Similar concerns have been raised by members of Sunchild
and Big Horn First Nations.