How many have to die in Alberta

By Lethbridge Herald on June 2, 2022.

Editor:

How bad can our healthcare system become? Doctors are leaving Alberta in droves. It is so bad that thousands of people have no family doctor. Luckily I do have one but have to wait for two months+ to get an appointment. Will I have recovered or will I have died in the meantime? 

Last week I was forced to call 911 for an ambulance for my husband (86 years old with heart problems). It is beyond belief that when I called I was put on hold as there were no available operators. I was told numerous times in multiple languages to hold. This is an emergency service and I had a genuine emergency. Fortunately I live in Pincher Creek where our emergency services and hospital are excellent but the centralized system negates this if they cannot deal with emergency calls in an efficient manner.

The UCP government are hellbent on destroying a perfectly good healthcare system which, although had its faults, worked well. Privatization is their aim and if they can destroy the system as it was they will contend that it didn’t work. Who wants healthcare as it is in USA (apart from the monied UCP)? 

How many people have to die before the system is fixed? Apparently the UCP doesn’t care.

Kathleen Hancock

Pincher Creek