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Following the closures of dozens of beds in mainly rural areas throughout Alberta due to staff shortages, reports that 18 patient-spaces have closed at Edmonton’s Royal Alexandra Hospital surfaced late Thursday.
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At the same time, nurses and health-care support workers are voicing anger after saying they’ve been asked by Alberta Health Services to accept wage cuts of three and four per cent, respectively.
“Everyone knows Premier (Jason) Kenney and Health Minister Shandro have no respect for front-line health-care workers, even after everything they’ve done for us during the pandemic, and here we see AHS following their orders to add insult to injury,” said Susan Slade, vice-president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, which represents support staff.
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The Snowbirds took flight at noon for a trip across the city, and were seen soaring above the city’s hospitals, including Peter Lougheed Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, South Health Campus, Rockyview General and Alberta Children’s Hospital.
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“Mostly, the purpose of our flight was to fly to the hospitals and show our support to the members of the health-care system that’s been working on the front lines for the past year. They’re the ones who have gotten us through the COVID-19 pandemic,” Gabriel Ferris, public affairs officer with the Snowbirds, said minutes after the crew landed.
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