Escalating COVID-19 Crisis in Alberta
Hospitals are overwhelmed and ICUs are already operating far above capacity. Physicians, infectious disease specialists, and other health care workers and their unions are speaking out about the crisis and putting forward definite measures that must be taken. The health care system is facing serious staff shortages compounded by the burnout, injuries and resignations as the government continues to attack the rights of the workers, including planned wage rollbacks and layoffs of thousands of workers. Edmonton has cancelled more than 70 per cent of all scheduled surgeries, while Calgary postponed all "elective" admissions. There is deep concern that the health care system will collapse if cases, hospital admissions and ICU admissions continue to double every 14 days as they are now doing.
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COVID-19 case counts continue to soar in Alberta. On September 13
Alberta reported 4,740 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, for a
total of 18,395 active cases across Alberta, or 43 per cent of all
active cases in Canada.