Alberta’s spring budget are already open and staffed in hospitals across the province.In the 2022 budget tabled earlier this year, the province committed $300 million over the next three years to open and staff 50 new permanent ICU beds across Alberta to help build frontline health-care capacity.
Alberta adding up to 50 ICU beds to health system this year In an update at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre Friday morning, Kenney said the new beds will help add capacity to Alberta’s strained health-care system.
He said while the system was strained before the COVID-19 pandemic, the last two years showcased that the Canadian health-care system does not have adequate capacity.“Period.
Full stop,” Kenney said.Kenney said the additional 50 baseline permanent ICU beds is the largest increase Alberta’s health-care system has ever seen.Health Minister Jason Copping said the 19 new beds are located in Calgary, Edmonton, St.