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Alberta ends Edmonton hospital hallway medicine directive

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS, Aug 5, 2022 2:23 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

The United Conservative government has cancelled an emergency directive that called for some patients in Edmonton hospitals to be treated in hallways.

The order was enacted to reduce pressure on emergency departments while Alberta Health Services worked to place some patients in other hospitals.

The province says it was dealing with high demand, staffing shortages and higher numbers of patients due to COVID-19.

The Opposition NDP says the government contributed to the staffing shortages by tearing up the master contract with doctors and fighting at one point to cut nurses' salaries.

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