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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch * x0 h! A3 T; ~" Y3 D/ A
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.% o _" ?) A/ A9 C2 M
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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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- ^) `6 c$ E- U* oLast 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.& k9 r& _$ e; X& S+ y- W
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Randy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.4 z7 P" H( d/ U' m
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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.
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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., S8 D" C5 [4 X7 _* l
& n: i$ H3 ^8 \, j' j1 U$ q& kCapital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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