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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch
7 S, s* \' K8 i/ z: }- g( j* }Last updated Jan 31 2006 08:26 AM MST
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8 e0 M* Y) v1 I# P; m5 j/ XThere's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year.7 O6 B# E7 R7 x& c6 f A; p/ F
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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.. U$ _" s2 F/ X/ w j/ `" i" K
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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.+ R( q+ _9 p& ~- S" B
5 m" u# G2 V% g: D$ dEMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon.9 q6 S- A5 N) q# Q* v
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Randy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.1 Z4 o. e2 T2 `
) W$ Z6 W0 h [1 v) T* b* `"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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3 ^4 I9 K7 R6 H1 e/ ?6 B1 PHe says it has come to the point where there has to be an increase of rooms and beds in Edmonton hospitals.1 F y5 v2 d3 k* [! `8 ]
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Capital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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