Alberta Health Services ends front-door COVID-19 screening program provincewide
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Health Services is ending its COVID-19 front-door screening program provincewide, according
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Canmore General Hospital meets fundraising goal to upgrade emergency department
The Canmore General Hospital’s emergency department will be getting a big upgrade after a successful fundraising campaign. More than $2.2
Read moreStollery Children’s Hospital gets more money to advance planning on a stand-alone building
The Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton will receive $3 million over three years from the province for plans to build
Read moreAlberta changing COVID-19 testing, isolation in the spring
The Alberta government is making several changes to the way it deals with COVID-19 in the province. It is removing
Read moreAlberta-imported kids pain meds finally in the province
The Alberta-imported, Turkish-made children’s acetaminophen is now available at pharmacies around the province, provincial officials said Monday afternoon. “They’re still
Read moreMauro Chies to become Alberta Health Services’ new president and CEO
Just shy of a year after taking the job on an interim basis, Mauro Chies is now Alberta Health Services’
Read more‘Why would any parent purchase this?’: Alberta-imported children’s pain medication a different concentration, requires education
Parents looking for children’s pain medication will soon be getting an alternative. But details released by Alberta Blue Cross this
Read moreAlberta will have $13.8M deducted from health transfers because patients paid for services: feds
The federal government is deducting a total of $82 million in Canada Health Transfers from provinces, including Alberta, over “patient
Read moreHSAA disputes UCP ‘Alberta Health Services is not in crisis’ claim; requests EMS data
The Alberta health-care workers union is challenging the provincial government’s claims that Alberta Health Services is no longer in crisis
Read moreAlberta Health Service administrator’s $1.4k car ride ‘problematic’: experts
Some experts are calling Alberta Health Service administrator Dr. John Cowell’s $1,400 travel expense “problematic,” saying it erodes public trust
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