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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch 1 i; g) `) k) X) Y0 O
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.
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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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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.
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' v& w: r, J% u8 ^EMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon.0 A% q9 v! W5 Q2 @. J% g
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Randy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.4 ?7 B2 o2 u m* V
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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. 2 E8 x; |1 |6 K, W1 J* j
- K0 G8 \9 d# M1 E0 ^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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1 H; B h8 a) i0 ^- g, F8 |. h: oCapital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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