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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch
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) Y5 C% D0 q. D" G8 x5 G; k4 rCBC News
! d* W6 r9 ~8 \( E# FThere's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year.
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. z, z8 t5 j* |/ |8 F$ H: e"Red alert" is the Emergency Medical Services term for the situation when there are no available ambulances in the entire city.5 \1 I2 L0 Z B' I4 R0 q% }: t
* _. J$ I$ ^# j5 L. X8 s/ M6 }Last week, a red alert led Capital Health to admit that hospitals can't keep up, meaning ambulances have to wait at emergency until the hospital can take the patient.
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& k# Q, X/ P G3 {" S5 t2 o: nEMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon.
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Randy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.8 n% q7 A/ }; W) s. |
9 s h. u( w' W0 l"We're doing everything we can, but the system is falling apart – really and truly – it's not working," Littlechild says.
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He says it has come to the point where there has to be an increase of rooms and beds in Edmonton hospitals.( h% x3 \, |7 r0 {
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Capital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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