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The United Nurses of Alberta, with more than 30,000 members, is a much more powerful body than the doctor’s group, the Alberta Medical Association.
And many nurses are talking about a strike.
“I’m not raising that word it’s the members who are raising it,” says UNA president Heather Smith.
“The mood is definitely very tense. And last week does not in any way help to de-escalate an exhausted workforce who already feel under-appreciated and disrespected.”
By Daniela Germano, The Canadian Press on July 12, 2021.
Minister of Health Tyler Shandro makes an announcement in Calgary on October 7, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Opposition health critic is sounding the alarm on hospital bed closures in the province during the summer due to staffing shortages.
NDP member of the legislature David Shepherd said Monday he estimates about 12 communities have been affected and as many as 99 beds have been temporarily closed.
“There are a lot of people with pent up health-care issues and untreated conditions who are now showing up at our hospitals seeking care,” Shepherd said.
Minister of Health Tyler Shandro makes an announcement in Calgary on October 7, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Opposition health critic is sounding the alarm on hospital bed closures in the province during the summer due to staffing shortages.
NDP member of the legislature David Shepherd said Monday he estimates about 12 communities have been affected and as many as 99 beds have been temporarily closed.
“There are a lot of people with pent up health-care issues and untreated conditions who are now showing up at our hospitals seeking care,” Shepherd said.
“And the same front-line health-care workers who gave so much during the pandemic are now being asked, with having had no time to rest and recover, to keep taking extra shifts, to work more overtime to meet that new demand.”
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