🧵 As we learn 53 Albertans have had their orthopedic surgeries cancelled at the Royal Alexandra Hospital as the hospital has run out of doctors... let's take a look at the mess Jason Kenney has made in health care. 1/6
According to AHS, there are 163 beds closed in dozens of hospitals across the province due to critical staffing shortages. That's from their own map: albertahealthservices.ca/br/Page17594.a… 2/6
There are operating theatres closed at the University of Alberta Hospital.
There are delayed surgeries at Northern Lights Regional Health Centre in Fort McMurray.
We have lost obstetric services in Whitecourt, Barrhead and Sundre. 3/6
There are delayed surgeries at Northern Lights Regional Health Centre in Fort McMurray.
We have lost obstetric services in Whitecourt, Barrhead and Sundre. 3/6
The emergency room is closed two days a week in Elk Point and in Hardisty the emergency room closed in April and isn’t slated to reopen until October!
Is it even an ER if it's closed for weeks on end? 4/6
Is it even an ER if it's closed for weeks on end? 4/6
What AHS is not reporting is how many other hospitals are balancing on the brink of an unsafe situation … working their nurses and doctors and frontline healthcare workers further into exhaustion.
Contrary to the claims of the Health Minister, this is NOT normal! 5/6
Contrary to the claims of the Health Minister, this is NOT normal! 5/6
Where is the government's plan? Why are they doing nothing? No more. We are calling on the Health Minister to appear in public today and take responsibility for the situation at the Royal Alex and across Alberta. END. 6/6
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