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Paula’s Advent Calendar, Day 22 – Lorraine Adolph, Melissa Ekkelenkamp and...
Three years ago this month, Lorraine Adolph, a 68-year-old senior with schizophrenia, froze to death on the grounds of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton. The weather that December was nothing like the warm...
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Shortages of radiologists and pathologists? Alberta Health Services responds.
This Thursday, Fred Horne, Alberta’s new minister of health, ordered a sweeping review of radiology and pathology services in this province, after three incidents in two months, in which radiologists...
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Guy Smith to Alison Redford: You’re out of step. With yourself.
Alison Redford speaks at unveiling of a new Famous Five mural Tuesday – but will she fight for the rights of women in 2012? Early Tuesday morning, staff at the Devonshire Care Centre in Riverbend opted...
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No more crying over split milk
Last week, I wrote about a strange and unfair imbalance in neo-natal care in Alberta. Premature babies in neonatal intensive care units in Calgary were receiving potentially life-saving donor...
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AHS audit: Of witchhunts and double-standards
Dr. Chris Eagle, president and CEO of Alberta Health Services This week, Dr. Chris Eagle, the president and CEO of Alberta Health Services announced an independent audit into the expenses of former...
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“I am a broken computer”: The life, death, and words of Jarrett Bortscher
My column for Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, discusses the short, tragic life of Jarrett Bortscher, a brilliant young man with high-functioning autism and chronic catatonia, who took his own life last...
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Alberta’s Day Programs: Crucial to the Success of our Health Care System
The face of Alberta’s health care system is currently under scrutiny. We are all wondering the same thing. What direction are we headed in? Where can we expect to see cuts? How will this affect us, our...
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I Can See Clearly Now
I have pretty bad vision. I have worn glasses or contacts since I was in grade 3 and remember vividly getting them. I accepted it even at a young age and this was my nonsensical logic; I look exactly...
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St. Albert MLA urges quick approval for child’s medical treatment
St. Albert’s Progressive Conservative MLA said Tuesday Alberta health officials should move quickly fund treatment for a three-year-old girl suffering from a rare medical condition. Aleena Sadownyk’s...
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Report into potential recovery of health executive expenses complete
UPDATE: Alberta Health minister Fred Horne released the legal opinion and a statement on the issue Tuesday. Alberta Health spokesman John Muir said the department received the report on May 28, 2013. —...
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BioAlberta showcases medical technology companies at Hotel MacDonald
BioAlberta will host a showcase for some of the province’s most promising medical device and technology companies Wednesday afternoon at the Hotel Fairmont MacDonald. There’s no charge to attend the...
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Paula Simons: Critical report into Serenity's death not given to RCMP until...
I’ve never yelled at a cabinet minister before. But I did Wednesday night. That’s when Human Services Minister Irfan Sabir told me his department neglected to give the RCMP its internal report into...
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Demand for medically assisted death continues to rise in Alberta
Sixty Albertans have received medical aid to end their lives this year, as demand for the service continues to grow across much the province. New statistics released Monday by Alberta Health Services...
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Alberta Health Services says 200 Edmonton patients may have been exposed to...
About 200 people who used outpatient clinics at the University of Alberta hospital and the Kaye Edmonton Clinic may have been exposed to tuberculosis, Alberta Health Services said Tuesday. The health...
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Hepatitis A case at west Edmonton Second Cup prompts health alert
Alberta Health Services has issued a public health alert for patrons of a west-end coffee shop who may have been exposed to hepatitis A last weekend. The alert applies to anyone who consumed food or...
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Editorial: Stocking stuffers for newsmakers
We scour the malls looking for suitable gifts for family, friends and co-workers. But what of people in the news? They may be strangers, but we’ve come to know them from their day-to-day public...
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Cost-cutting effort at Alberta Health Services stirs controversy with unions
“Operational best practice” is the kind of phrase that tends to make eyes glaze over and attention spans wilt. Yet a term seemingly coined as bureaucratic bafflegab is getting a workout this winter as...
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Edmonton junior high school brings in crisis workers after student suicides
A west Edmonton school has brought in crisis workers after a second student killed himself this school year. Fourteen-year-old Ethan Dizon, who was in Grade 9 at St. Thomas More School, died early...
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Paula Simons: In-fail-enza: If Alberta Health Services staff won't get flu...
Only 50 per cent of Alberta Health Services employees were immunized against the flu this fall, according to the latest data from the health authority. That’s down from 52 per cent at the same time...
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Walmart charged for allegedly failing to throw out food after Fort McMurray...
Walmart Canada is being accused of selling contaminated food from its Fort McMurray store following last spring’s wildfire, while simultaneously misleading public health inspectors about the practice....
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