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Hospital overcrowding strikes its lowest blow with the capacity of neonatal intensive care units approaching critical.
Her letter, also signed by neonatologist Dr. Amber Reichert, landed Tuesday on the desk of Health Minister Adriana LaGrange and Athana Mentzelopoulos, president and CEO of Alberta Health Services. In Edmonton and Calgary, where there are specialized care centres, there are 260 funded NICU beds, she estimatedIn 2016, studies showed 20 to 30 additional NICU beds were needed. The timing was perfect for the planned south Edmonton hospital, with 21 new NICU beds expected.
Williamson acknowledged “AHS continues to experience significant patient demand in our major urban centres, including demand for NICU services. However, capacity exists across the system.”
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