Alberta premier consulting with Trump adviser may affect health system, NDP warns
Smith, in her byelection victory speech Tuesday, promised to add more staff to the front lines and reduce management bureaucracy to fix a system floundering with a shortage of family doctors, ambulance bottlenecks and emergency wait times in the hourly double-digits.
Notley, in her speech to the Rural Municipalities Association, said her party would start a massive recruitment strategy for health professionals, with details released in the coming weeks.Emergency doctor and mental health advocate say catching up on surgeries comes with a cost to ER patients Paul McLauchlin, president of the association, said the suffering in emergency wards needs to be addressed first.
“I’ve had folks show up at the hospital in Red Deer for 17 hours. Can you imagine sitting for 17 hours?” McLauchlin said. “I’ve heard of people sitting for six hours with acute appendicitis. I’ve known people that had ruptured gallbladders in a waiting room in hospital.
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