Delirium ‘incredibly common’ among patients in ICU, Alberta doctor says
The terrifying tale that an Alberta man shared last week of the 39 days he spent on a ventilator in...
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Alberta man who survived COVID-19 after 39 days on a ventilator speaks out
Nearly 40 days on a ventilator. A tracheotomy. Forty-five pounds lost. Countless hours of physiotherapy.And now, post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD,...
‘It’s really scary’: Alberta physicians face more aggressive, misinformed patients
Some family physicians in Alberta say they are dealing with an increasing number of aggressive, misinformed and untrusting patients who...
Surging COVID-19 cases force doctors to ration care in Alaska, a step Alberta officials say is last resort
As provincial hospitals continue to struggle to meet surging COVID-19 patient demand, they have still not reached the threshold needed...
These charts show how much more often unvaccinated Albertans are being hospitalized and dying from COVID-19
Recent rates of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death among unvaccinated Albertans have been at least eight times higher —...
Overburdened Red Deer hospital forced to airlift COVID-19 patients to Calgary, Edmonton
Critically ill patients are being airlifted out of Red Deer Regional Hospital as doctors and nurses from its various departments...
A reality check on Alberta’s path to the devastating 4th wave of COVID
Premier Jason Kenney promised Albertans the "best summer ever."The pandemic was ending, and the province was reopening "for good." The...
Alberta’s ‘open for summer’ plan set trajectory of COVID’s 4th wave, Hinshaw now says
Alberta's chief medical health officer now says the province's controversial lifting of all COVID-19 public health restrictions in early July set the trajectory for...
More Albertans are in ICU with COVID-19 than ever — and it’s expected to get worse
Alberta's fourth wave of COVID-19 has put the greatest strain on its health-care system to date, with about 200 patients...
Thousands protest vaccine mandates in Calgary, as hospitals struggle with rising COVID cases
Roughly 2,000 people rallied in Calgary on Sunday to protest vaccine mandates and other public health measures.There are more than 16,000...
