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Last updated Jan 31 2006 08:26 AM MST x# |( W) ~+ V( s. v
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There's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year.
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! o' R N; s, Z: @5 V% |1 q3 r. Q/ S"Red alert" is the Emergency Medical Services term for the situation when there are no available ambulances in the entire city.6 o: g2 G8 h4 c+ m" @( m; _
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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.( \8 N' v1 F1 \/ z5 B* H; Q" p
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EMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon.
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Randy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.; ?) N$ J1 w& I
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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. ) r' l. I9 s* k- \2 C3 r
- ~& m: R$ d: N, G- GHe 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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