Typically at Alberta hospitals, summers and falls are — relatively speaking — slower before the winter respiratory virus season brings an influx of patients. However […]
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Alberta doctors risk closures while waiting for Physician Comprehensive Care Model
Alberta physicians say they can’t wait any longer for the province’s promised Physician Comprehensive Care Model, which would help ease current financial pressures. “We can […]
Alberta doctor calls lack of support staff to perform emergency surgeries ‘a crisis’
A group of Alberta doctors is sounding the alarm over an increase in “diversions” in local hospitals, which physicians say lead to patients not getting […]
‘A life or death matter’: Alberta man dies of cancer before seeing oncologist
Mark Agnew describes his father, Don, as a self-made man who built his own construction company from the ground up. But he believes it was […]
Alberta cancer patients left waiting for care over lack of available oncologists
Albertans diagnosed with cancer are waiting three to four times longer than recommended standards to see a cancer specialist, according to the Alberta Medical Association. […]