The situation in Alberta hospitals is so dire that the province needs to take drastic action, according to some physicians. Dr. Paul Parks, the president-elect of the section of emergency medicine ...

Sick with pneumonia and a blood infection, Paula Krawiec said her 77-year-old mother waited 24 hours to see a doctor in the emergency department at an Edmonton-area hospital last month.

Welcome to Edmonton’s Misericordia Hospital, where the new emergency department is long and spacious, and so are the wait ...

Provincial government numbers show more than 20 per cent of people seeking medical help at Edmonton's Royal Alexandra Hospital emergency room are leaving without being seen. (Credit: Shaughn Butts) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People head into the emergency entrance at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton on May 11, 2022. (Credit: David Bloom) ...

The emergency department of the Rockyview General Hospital is pictured in Calgary, Thursday, March 20, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh EDMONTON — Doctors who have been pleading for help as ...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it has ended the emergency directive calling for some patients in Edmonton hospitals to be treated in hallways. The order had been enacted earlier in the week to ...

Weeks before NHL clubs and other personnel travel to hub sites at Edmonton and Toronto to complete the 2019-20 season amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, one city is reporting a virus outbreak at a ...

More than 20 per cent of patients have left Royal Alexandra Hospital’s ER without being seen so far this year, show provincial numbers, a sign that the city’s hospitals are under strain, one local ...

EDMONTON - Doctors who have been pleading for help as Edmonton hospitals are being overwhelmed by patients say Alberta’s health-care leadership is missing in action. Dr. Warren Thirsk, an emergency ...