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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch
+ c& ]6 B+ p) J% RLast updated Jan 31 2006 08:26 AM MST$ l( k h+ _+ w4 A q( o
CBC News
/ c {: {' G8 n/ P% h- HThere's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year.
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" C0 l4 H0 y; E: k7 [2 r u"Red alert" is the Emergency Medical Services term for the situation when there are no available ambulances in the entire city.2 G; g1 ?! z# a
/ ^# B( D+ r. \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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EMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon./ J8 H) t; _- q) ]# Z1 \. Q/ x
4 P* V5 A7 Z. I9 V% YRandy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.- u& R% K! ?) Z3 J8 j E# u
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"We're doing everything we can, but the system is falling apart – really and truly – it's not working," Littlechild says. 5 ?* C: l5 A6 F* U, t& m
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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.) M5 O! I' t @' b+ W J7 i3 s
/ l. h7 j2 ]$ ?% T+ wCapital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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