More than 43,000 Lethbridge residents do not have a primary care physician and none in Alberta’s fourth-largest city are accepting new patients.
Among those without healthcare is Branden Sant. 1/5 #ableg #abhealth #yql
Among those without healthcare is Branden Sant. 1/5 #ableg #abhealth #yql
Branden fell in the summer and fractured a vertebrae in his spine affecting his ability to work.
“It has been 151 days, almost 22 weeks, since my injury. The pain and the injury have both worsened,” said Sant.
2/5 #ableg #abhealth #yql
“It has been 151 days, almost 22 weeks, since my injury. The pain and the injury have both worsened,” said Sant.
2/5 #ableg #abhealth #yql
“I’ve been reduced to having to use a FaceTime-like app for any type of follow up because in my city there are literally no doctors available.”
Sant worked as a hairstylist in Lethbridge, but is unable to be on his feet all day due to the injury. 3/5 #ableg #abhealth #yql
Sant worked as a hairstylist in Lethbridge, but is unable to be on his feet all day due to the injury. 3/5 #ableg #abhealth #yql
“I’m totally at a loss as to how I am supposed to move forward with my life with next to no healthcare resources available to me,” said Sant. “The state of our province is leaving me feeling extremely hopeless for the future.” 4/5 #ableg #abhealth #yql
Alberta’s NDP Lethbridge-West MLA @SPhillipsAB and our entire Opposition caucus will keep fighting for the public healthcare Albertans need, when and where they need it. 5/5 #ableg #abhealth #yql
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
