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The real problem is that AHS, an administrative body, cannot fix problems on its own. That often requires policy changes, which are the responsibility of Alberta Health, the government department where Mr. Copping is minister. It sets policy, legislation and standards for the province’s health system.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the Financial Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
documented, despite being the country’s second highest per capita spender on health care Alberta has mediocre health results.Article content But then the pandemic created new stresses. It laid bare the underinvestment in acute care beds over the years to save on costs. Whether by luck or prescience, the Kenney government increased the number of acute care beds just months before the pandemic hit. But it was not enough so AHS doubled ICU capacity. With doctors and nurses pressed to deal with COVID, wait times for surgeries soared. COVID hospitalizations are now way down but illness and early retirement have created labour shortages.
The province could alleviate shortages by training more doctors and nurses in its post-secondary institutions. But the costs of doing so are high so the government would have to move funds from other areas to universities. Or the province could import more health professionals from other provinces or abroad but that would require a sea change recognizing foreign credentials.
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