The National Telegraph - Wyatt Claypool - November 19, 2021


Is the Red Deer Regional Hospital Over 100% Capacity...？


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Word count

451

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In this episode, Dr. Kelly talks about the challenges facing Alberta's health care system and the steps being taken to support the areas of the province where there may not be enough staff to cover the needs of the population.

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00:00:00.160 We're also working with the Canadian Red Cross to welcome up to 20 trained staff,
00:00:05.520 some of whom will have general training and some of whom may have ICU experience.
00:00:10.240 These staff will likely be asked to help at the Red Deer Regional Hospital,
00:00:14.240 which is under severe stress given low vaccination rates in rural central Alberta.
00:00:22.320 I think one of the benefits of Alberta Health Services is that we are a provincial entity
00:00:26.160 and over the past several weeks we've been doing what we call load leveling,
00:00:30.400 which is basically helping to support the areas where in fact the capacity may be at 100%.
00:00:36.080 So for example, in the central zone where we know that the Red Deer Regional Hospital
00:00:40.960 is consistently at more than 100% of its usual capacity.
00:00:48.800 We're also working with the Canadian Red Cross to welcome up to 20 trained staff,
00:00:54.160 some of whom will have general training and some of whom may have ICU experience.
00:00:58.880 These staff will likely be asked to help at the Red Deer Regional Hospital,
00:01:02.880 which is under severe stress given low vaccination rates in rural central Alberta.
00:01:10.560 I think one of the benefits of Alberta Health Services is that we are a provincial entity
00:01:14.960 and over the past several weeks we've been doing what we call load leveling,
00:01:18.640 which is basically helping to support the areas where in fact the capacity may be at 100%.
00:01:24.320 So for example, in the central zone where we know that the Red Deer Regional Hospital
00:01:29.200 is consistently at more than 100% of its usual capacity.
00:01:37.040 We're also working with the Canadian Red Cross to welcome up to 20 trained staff,
00:01:42.400 some of whom will have general training and some of whom may have ICU experience.
00:01:46.560 The staff will likely be asked to help at the Red Deer Regional Hospital,
00:01:51.120 which is under severe stress given low vaccination rates in rural central Alberta.
00:01:58.240 I think one of the benefits of Alberta Health Services is that we are a provincial entity
00:02:02.720 and over the past several weeks we've been doing what we call load leveling,
00:02:06.400 which is basically helping to support the areas where in fact the capacity may be at 100%.
00:02:11.280 So for example, in the central zone where we know that the Red Deer Regional Hospital
00:02:16.880 is consistently at more than 100% of its usual capacity.
00:02:22.000 We're also working with the Canadian Red Cross to welcome up to 20 trained staff,
00:02:29.600 some of whom will have general training and some of whom may have ICU experience.
00:02:34.320 These staff will likely be asked to help at the Red Deer Regional Hospital,
00:02:38.320 which is under severe stress given low vaccination rates in rural central Alberta.