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Last updated Jan 31 2006 08:26 AM MST
. e0 ?& Q0 n2 y, Z& iCBC News 8 a5 A9 i+ O( y% g1 Q+ F8 d4 N
There's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year.
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4 a* M- l: X& Q! W1 Y" W6 ]"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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EMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon.5 \$ u# s6 s8 V/ W1 R, ]- y- D# f
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Randy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.' l; U, s2 L+ k& m3 R
/ a' |) z$ K H0 e r% b"We're doing everything we can, but the system is falling apart – really and truly – it's not working," Littlechild says. $ i- [ d+ }0 u/ Z4 @8 J' {+ ~
# e$ @1 \& {, X# `/ EHe says it has come to the point where there has to be an increase of rooms and beds in Edmonton hospitals.- ]3 z* T# E, X* I2 K$ k5 t
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Capital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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