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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch & U, u# V+ I/ h) X' t/ N# Q
Last updated Jan 31 2006 08:26 AM MST
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There's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year., @) W1 z& Z6 R2 x+ W6 O- ~
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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.6 M+ q; i9 O3 k+ e1 [
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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.% B- ]3 q1 N9 L7 s+ Y
' }4 n y, e& a0 G# P0 a# gEMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon.3 i9 t0 v1 v! h8 P! X$ x; F
6 Z1 H) e2 h+ X7 uRandy 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. , W6 ^* e4 z7 `" `
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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.& i8 y2 ^4 T( {2 g# k
/ N8 R' X, W }1 I) w) h5 a8 YCapital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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