Alberta talking to other provinces to potentially help care for some of its COVID-19 patients, Parks is preparing for the moment he might have to choose who gets sent out of province for medical care.“Think about how devastating that is for the family and the patient too,” the emergency medicine physician in Medicine Hat told Global News.“Because whoever it is that ends up getting shipped to Ontario — and we do that if we absolutely needed to save their lives — they’ll be in a far-off province with no support, no family, no nothing.
That’s a very drastic move to have to take.” Alberta seeing 18-20 COVID-19 ICU admissions a day: AHS On Thursday, Alberta activated its highest level of surge response, notifying pandemic units in Edmonton and.