Ballooning Alberta ER waiting rooms ‘quite regular’ and ‘deeply troubling’
An Edmonton paramedic said he doesn’t think Albertans grasp how dire the health-care situation has become, even with the amount of news stories circulating.
The long-time paramedic remembers when a dispatch to Edmonton’s bedroom communities like Sherwood Park or St. Albert – 16 kilometres away – struck him as unusual. These days, he gets dispatched as far as Jasper, a 365-kilometre drive. The ECO who spoke with Global News has been in her role with Alberta Health Services for more than a decade. She said call volume has increased exponentially.
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