Alberta Health Services (AHS) has confirmed that patients with more important
in the emergency room, were diverted from 1:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 7.
The hospital […] continues to be extremely busy with increasing patient numbers in the emergency room and with patients with increased needs. This sometimes leads to long waiting times in the emergency room, especially in the case of [cas] less urgent
declares the spokesman forAHS, James Woodin a press release.
He also confirmed that two patients from the emergency room were sent to Calgary hospitals for treatment on Saturday.
According to the data collected on the website ofAHSthe estimated waiting times in the hospital from deer peaked at 13.5 hours overnight from Friday to Saturday. However, susan beatson, President of the Hospital Department of deer the Alberta Nurses Union, United Nurses of Alberta (UNA), says members experienced wait times of up to 6 p.m. on Friday.
After Suzanne Beatson, 32 patients hospitalized last Friday were held in the emergency room waiting for a bed. She estimates there were only about 46 total ER seats available that day, including stretchers, chairs, and stretchers, leaving little room for new patients.
The hospital was full [et] The emergency room was full
she said, explaining that the hospital center had to deal with a catastrophe
occurred the day before. AHS did not answer questions from CBC/Radio-Canada on the accident.
Recurring capacity issues
As the only hospital facility in the center of the province, the hospital is a referral facility for nearly half a million Albertans. L’UNA argues that this explains, among other things, why the center constantly faces capacity problems, staff shortages and high patient numbers.
The situation is critical [c’est] a crisis situation in which we do not have the necessary staff to ensure safe care [et où] we don’t have the space
denounces Suzanne Beatson.
In a statement released by theUNA On Tuesday, union members raised concerns about patient safety. Patients with overcapacity in non-emergency hospitals are often confined to rooms without access to oxygen, call buttons, monitors, or toilets
it says in the press release.
These are not safe rooms
is the Vice President of Local 2’sUNA, Margo Buss.
Members say the Alberta Central Hospital has been overloaded every day since December.
Diversion to non-emergency units
Aside from concerns about the hospital’s emergency room, Dr. Kym Jim, specialist in internal medicine and nephrologist at the hospital in deerhe says he’s increasingly concerned about patient referrals to other departments.
according to dr Jim, who is also spokesman for the hospital expansion advocacy group deerthe Central Alberta Hospital Expansion Society (SHECA) staff shortages have resulted in a dozen cardiology and general medicine patients being diverted to Edmonton and Calgary in the past month.
We fundamentally cannot meet the demands of the people of central Alberta in the way we could
says dr Jim.
In February 2022, former Prime Minister Jason Kenney’s government pledged $1.8 billion to expand the hospital. With a few details about the upcoming construction, the YOU APPROX calls for a transition plan for the transition period.
” We can’t wait for this new hospital to be built to address the urgent issues that exist in the hospital today. »
In the meantime, AHS a Take a variety of actions to meet patient demand, including sending patients who can be cared for at home and sending patients to smaller hospitals in the same area.
With information from Jennifer Lee
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