“If the UCP were serious about getting value for health-care expenditures or guarding against corruption, it would emulate Quebecβs approach and protect its public health-care system while banning profiteers.”
If you have not yet read Jeremy Appel’s article, you may wish to do so.
Category Archives: Healthcare
How Are Things Going?
The X post below sums up how things are going in Alberta Health Services. Here is where you can meet the full article.
Danielle Smith’s Plan To Destroy Public Healthcare
Being (a) Patient?
In this article by Keith Gerein, describes the double meaning of “patient”
as it relates to Alberta hospitals.
A Shopping Spree to Remember
68 Calgary families participated in a special shopping spree at Toys R Us thanks to a joint initiative by the Starlight Foundation and Toys R Us. Check out this CTV news article to read more about this event.
Gamer role in hospital?
One of the things people experience when they are a patient in a hospital is boredom. This is especially true for children. Check out this video and see how a hospital in Scotland has addressed this issue. Will other hospitals do the same?
Safe consumption site – Stay or go?
There is much debate about whether safe consumption sites should exist and if so where. The site at in Calgary at Sheldon Chumier Center is the center of one of these debates. Here is an article by the CBC that looks at this very important issue.
Coming November 1st
In case you missed it, Primary Care will be split from Alberta Health Services beginning November 1st, 2024.
Temporary Mandatory Masking Resumes
Due to increased respiratory illnesses, beginning October 29, 2024, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians will be required to wear a well-fitted medical mask in all clinical areas, including waiting rooms. Will Alberta do the same?
Click here to find out more.
Waiting for a response?
If you have not yet heard from theΒ medical office where you have been referred, like thousands of others, your referral may not have been processed correctly. The question now being asked is, “Why did this occur?” This is the something the Health Quality Council of Alberta is going to investigate.
