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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch
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CBC News , V: K6 c- b2 b Z8 `: [; d. @
There's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year.
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- z1 @: ?% j' ?6 ~& N; F( B% p"Red alert" is the Emergency Medical Services term for the situation when there are no available ambulances in the entire city.: f6 k2 l9 R l+ T$ A( P
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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.) j3 w. ^( N4 U9 t" w, O
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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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% g7 r O+ ]/ U6 f" JRandy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.! g# ]) E7 [2 r8 {
) R+ | K( Z. V" y4 a+ P" m4 g"We're doing everything we can, but the system is falling apart – really and truly – it's not working," Littlechild says. 3 x; U. V5 n7 O: @
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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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# X7 }# |' Z) a/ @. mCapital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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