Alberta Health Care

• Alberta government planning questioned after 2nd health-care decision backtrack

  After being forced to backtrack on two controversial health care decisions, questions are being raised about the effectiveness of the Alberta government's planning process.

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  Jun 23
  
• Red Deer woman’s 31-month wait for MRI sparks fear and anger: ‘Really unreasonable’

  Linda Burns was referred for a MRI due to pain in her neck suspected to be serious — but her appointment letter from AHS revealed it won't happen until the end of 2028.

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  Jun 3
  
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• Alberta family grieving relative who died after Brooks hospital discharge

  Phuong Nguyen was taken to the Brooks Health Centre the morning of April 18 after he experienced chest pains, and died shortly after being discharged several hours later.

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  Apr 29
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• Medical wait times costing Canadians billions in lost wages, productivity

  The Fraser Institute released its annual study on the cost of wait times for medically necessary patients, showing lost productivity and wages reached more than $4.2 million.

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  Mar 10
• Patients detail ‘disaster’ inside emergency departments of Alberta hospitals

  Health workers say the crisis facing Alberta hospitals, including inadequate staff and funding, not enough infrastructure and a failure to plan, has been years in the making.

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  Jan 28
• Confusion as medical outpatient unit keeps moving University of Alberta Hospital

  After a man died in the waiting room of one Edmonton hospital, there's more signs of a strained health-care system in Alberta's capital — this time when it comes to outpatients.

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  Jan 7
• Edmonton paramedics exhausted amid long response times, fewer staff: ‘It’s heartbreaking’

  With the busy shifts, patients are seeing massive delays after they call 911. The wait times are also having a big impact on the paramedics treating them.

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  Dec 22, 2025
• 2 Calgary families raise concerns over treatment in care homes

  Two separate Calgary-area families are raising concerns about the way they say their mothers have been treated at two different care facilities.

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  Nov 21, 2025
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• Edmonton families facing long health-care wait times

  The Dornbusch family has been in and out of hospital since 2019, getting the treatments they need for 9-year-old Jackson. In that time, theyve noticed a change in care.

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  Oct 31, 2025
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• Leaked emails show Sask. breast cancer patients can’t afford Calgary for care

  Leaked Saskatchewan government emails say some breast cancer patients are choosing not to go to Calgary for treatment because they can't afford it.

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  Mar 11, 2025