Thread by @RachelNotley

I hear from first responders who are exhausted and suffering — as the crisis in our hospitals backs up into emergency response. 🧵

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Firefighters are now more often the first on scene, working to stabilize patients waiting for EMS to arrive. That wait is getting longer and longer.

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I want you to know that our plan isn’t to FIRE our way to a better health care system, as the Premier is doing right now.

We are going to HIRE.

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We are going to reinvest in health care.

Care on the ground, and in your communities.

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Our plan will boost resources to begin the hard work of building back capacity, lowering wait times and attracting more health care workers.

We will invest in mental health supports, supporting Albertans and first responders to recover from trauma and anxiety.

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And yes, we will put more EMS vehicles on the road, responding to calls in their communities, not stuck at hospitals.

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We believe in public health care.

And we are going to fight to protect it and more than that friends, make it much, MUCH BETTER.

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