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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 »‘It’s exhausting’: Fairview neighbours push back against ‘nightmare’ house – Calgary
After seven years of living in Calgary’s Fairview neighbourhood, Angela Torry thought she’d found the perfect place for her growing family. “We really like it here,” Torry said. “The school is right there, so my son’s going to be able to go to school walk to school, we really liked …
Read More »Calgary ER doctors sound alarm over system in crisis – Calgary
Doctors across Calgary are sounding the alarm over the state of emergency care in the city. “Signs of a capacity crisis are everywhere,” an open letter to Albertans signed by more than 180 emergency physicians reads. “Our emergency departments are collapsing and frontline healthcare workers have truly had enough. We …
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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