What will the future of senior care look like in Alberta as the province kicks off major change? New legislation could lead to fewer controls, some healthcare professionals worry.
Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says transporting those infants to other cities or provinces is an option to ensure they get the care they need.
About 3,000 family physicians and rural specialists with patient panels of at least 500 are eligible to receive transitional funding of up to $40,000 each.
Those who work in sexual health remember when, in early 2020, the government threatened to stop funding tubal ligations. ‘We shone a light on that and they backed off,’ recalls Dr. Fiona Mattatall.
Alberta’s health minister says proper procedures were followed when a stroke patient who, for his long-term recovery, was shipped to a motel where his wheelchair didn’t fit and he was fed fast food.