Alberta Health Services says Calgary's adult hospitals had an average occupancy of 107 per cent as of Wednesday afternoon.
Health-care staff are now being shifted from Alberta Health Services to the provincial health department as the province forges ahead with its controversial and sweeping restructuring plans.So far, 126 AHS staff have seen their jobs terminated with offers to work within the provincial health department. The Alberta government says most have agreed to transition to Alberta Health.
According to Azocar, the union is aware so far of 39 affected members, most of them general support staff working in administrative roles. "People were concerned that their contracts were terminated and that the contract they were being offered was not as competitive as the contract that they had with Alberta Health Services," said Manns, a kidney specialist and professor of health economics in the department of medicine at the University of Calgary.
Background information provided in an email to CBC News indicates the transitioning staff are given comparable benefits and wherever possible staff are subject to similar terms and conditions. CBC News asked for further clarification but did not hear back prior to publication.
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