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Last updated Jan 31 2006 08:26 AM MST
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" @7 \. X2 ~# I7 q' X: O& EThere's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year.
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"Red alert" is the Emergency Medical Services term for the situation when there are no available ambulances in the entire city.
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. i' x8 L8 E5 f5 @% a( j9 X" vLast 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.4 u$ F- J+ D1 ]% E) {; m
% h7 f7 x( O7 z* I3 W( a3 uEMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon./ J, q; h8 a: D5 |# ?/ A
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Randy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.
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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. 0 _4 f0 A! ^; X5 [) F: l
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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.
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Capital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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