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Last week, during a lunch break as part of what has become an expansive and complicated legal process, the former CEO of Alberta Health Services was asked by a reporter whether she imagined being at this stage when she launched her wrongful dismissal suit in February 2025. “No,” Athana Mentzelopoulos …
Read More »Premier Smith responds to allegations of political interference at AHS
After three days of silence, Premier Danielle Smith spoke out on Saturday and denied any wrongdoing in relation to explosive allegations about operations and conflict of interest concerns at Alberta Health Services (AHS). The allegations were outlined in a letter sent by the lawyer for former AHS CEO Athana Mentzelopolous …
Read More »Hundreds of long-COVID sufferers affected as AHS abruptly closes outpatient program
Confusion and frustration. Those are the feelings that 56-year-old Calgary grandmother Barbara Pencala was left with after she learned on Wednesday via email that Alberta Health Services (AHS) is concluding its long COVID Inter-Professional Outpatient Program (IPOP). The temporary initiative was set up in 2021 and was never meant to …
Read More »Senior, 93, forced to sleep in hospital hallway leaves her Edmonton family outraged
It’s been a distressing few days for Carmen Renderos and her family in Edmonton. Last week, her 93-year-old mother, Virginia Chacon, was admitted to the University of Alberta Hospital after a bad fall. “We called the ambulance and we thought she had a fracture or something,” Renderos said. At first, …
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