Alberta's opposition NDP announced the ruling partyafter the Alberta Health Service reported 32 communities statewide. 7} Criticizing the United Conservative Party. Due to staff shortages, we are reducing temporary beds and space.
According to recent AHS data, most reductions are occurring in rural areas such as Peace River, Bassano and Rocky Mountain House. Calgary and Airdrie are also experiencing temporary cuts and closures.
In recent monthsAHS has issued regular news releases has announced that the facility will be closed or the doctor's coverage will be gone.
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Labor commentator Christina Gray says the root of the problem lies in UCP's attacks on frontline health workers and pressure to privatize services. said.
"To date, we have seen no closures in his 30 communities in Alberta. We have never seen numbers like those seen in his AHS data released to date." said Gray at a news conference on Wednesday.
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Concerned about the Directive At the time, AHS said the directive was a short-term effort to support emergency department volume.
Health Secretary Jason Copping's spokesperson, Steve Buick, said summer weekends were "historically often very busy times" and hospitals were already suffering from staff shortages due to the pandemic.
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But Buick said similar problems exist across Canada. .
"The genealogy is similar in all states and other countries, regardless of political stripes," he said in a statement emailed last Thursday.
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Gray disagrees with Buick and Alberta's situation is unique compared to other countries.
She also said that even after Alberta Health and the Alberta Health Sciences Association (HSAA) ratified a new collective bargaining agreement, health care workers felt neglected.
“Frontline workers in all sorts of roles within our health system feel neglected and use language they feel is taken advantage of and ignored by the UCP government. I keep going," Gray said.
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770 CHQR Alberta Health has reached out for comment. This story will be updated when received.
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