Is the Red Deer Regional Hospital Over 100% Capacity...？
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Summary
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.
Transcript
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We're also working with the Canadian Red Cross to welcome up to 20 trained staff,
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some of whom will have general training and some of whom may have ICU experience.
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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.
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I think one of the benefits of Alberta Health Services is that we are a provincial entity
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and over the past several weeks we've been doing what we call load leveling,
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which is basically helping to support the areas where in fact the capacity may be at 100%.
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So for example, in the central zone where we know that the Red Deer Regional Hospital
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is consistently at more than 100% of its usual capacity.
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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.