'We're starting to get to the point where there is potential serious harm that is going to be afflicting the most fragile, vulnerable patients that we have in this province.'
Physicians with the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association have sent a letter to the health minister and head of Alberta Health Services, warning that babies could die because of packed neonatal intensive care units in the city. Breanna Karstens-Smith reports.Doctor say neonatal intensive care units in Edmonton hospitals have reached a critical juncture.
“The nurses are caring for too many babies at one time and this results in frail, underweight infants not being able to even eat on time,” the letter said. For example, the association said only two out of 69 beds in the Royal Alexandra Hospital NICU are a single-patient room. There are nine care-by-parent rooms, but the bulk of these are semiprivate.
EZMSA said the intent to add six new beds in the zone has resulted in net zero new beds. It gave the example of how the NICU at the Sturgeon Hospital in St. Albert had six beds open to address the critical need – but because ongoing funding could not be secured, beds were closed at other sites where they were already facing their own capacity issues.
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