COVID-19: Alberta doctors call for more pandemic transparency

op-ed in the Edmonton Journal.“…we’re adjusting our contingency plans to add hundreds more spaces in addition to ICU,” Yiu admitted in the piece.Global News requested multiple interviews with Yiu to get details but she was not made available.On Tuesday, Global News asked chief medical officer of health Dr.

Deena Hinshaw how many spaces were being added, where and who would staff them.“I don’t have details about Alberta Health Services’ acute care planning,” Alberta’s top doctor responded.She gave the same answer when asked if surgeries would have to be cancelled.“It’s clear that the system is in trouble, and for whatever reason, the government and/or AHS doesn’t want to communicate that to the people, the public,” Calgary emergency room doctor Joe Vipond said.

Alberta hospitals under ‘serious pressure’ from 5th COVID-19 wave: Hinshaw Alberta neared a record high number of hospitalizations Wednesday.Vipond said Alberta narrowly avoided having to go to triage protocol during the fourth wave but he doesn’t know if the same can be said for the current fifth wave.He said Albertans need information on how the province ended up in the fifth wave.“I do think we need to have Dr.

Yiu front and centre answering questions, and I think we also need to have our politicians — (Health Minister) Mr. (Jason) Copping (and) Premier (Jason) Kenney — answering why they’ve allowed this to occur.”The province admits current case numbers are inaccurate as most Albertans cannot get a PCR test.Unlike during the first four waves, most outbreaks are no longer being tracked or posted.And Vipond pointed out messaging is mixed between federal officials and provincial officials.While the the U.S.