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Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping says as of Dec 6, there 81600 people on surgical wait lists - that's up form 68k in August.
He believes this is the peak, and wait list will start getting smaller going forward.
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Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping says as of Dec 6, there 81600 people on surgical wait lists - that's up form 68k in August.
He believes this is the peak, and wait list will start getting smaller going forward.
#yeg #Yyc #ableg #covid19ab
Copping says he is working to get surgical levels back to normal within the next few weeks.
Hopes to have wait list down to 68K sometime mid-2022, which was the wait list number in Feb 2020.
#yeG #yyc #ableg #Covid19ab
Hopes to have wait list down to 68K sometime mid-2022, which was the wait list number in Feb 2020.
#yeG #yyc #ableg #Covid19ab
This comes as a Canadian Institute for Health Information report shows that Alberta performed 2800 fewer surgeries per month on avg in first 16 months of pandemic.
Copping says his heart goes out to those suffering from delayed surgeries.
Adds that report also shows that volumes across Canada dropped 18%, and that it was only 8% on first two waves.
Adds that report also shows that volumes across Canada dropped 18%, and that it was only 8% on first two waves.
Copping says they are moving forward with things like the Alberta surgical initiative.
Says tackling wait times will be a focus of his and the new AHS board chair.
Says tackling wait times will be a focus of his and the new AHS board chair.
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