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Edmonton suffers ambulance crunch
# E5 P/ Q: K1 g; d* tLast updated Jan 31 2006 08:26 AM MST- d& U7 f$ C* g8 p. @2 x* {3 Z
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There's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year.
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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.
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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) h3 E" P7 _# S- }! j E
9 A) [) Q1 b8 I+ HEMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon.
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0 S2 D# f* A4 X+ N; `4 ~: y: Y" J; DRandy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.; t! Q$ G2 x2 Z# C1 ~3 e) g
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"We're doing everything we can, but the system is falling apart – really and truly – it's not working," Littlechild says. : `+ X# g, b: R" u; i6 k
7 _& F2 P( w5 N# }4 H! T! t; iHe says it has come to the point where there has to be an increase of rooms and beds in Edmonton hospitals.
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Capital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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