Take a listen. 👇 Our emerg system is in absolute crisis and all our govt can say is: “1000 new beds” promised to be thought about being built at some point to be determined as long as political whims don’t change before they are completed in 2035 or so… www.cbc.ca/listen/li...

Write & ask PM Carney to fund a National Citizens Assembly on Healthcare for these 3 core issues: 1) Jurisdiction 2) For Profit vs Non-Profit delivery 3) At Fault vs No-Fault harm in care compensation. S Korea Nationalized healthcare and it paid off big time. #cdnhealth 1/4

“The system isn’t failing because it’s universal; it’s failing because it has been deliberately underfunded, understaffed and the infrastructure and policies to build up staffing is withheld.” “Right now, our healthcare teams are performing a miracle under their provincial constraints.”

SIGN the recall petition in your area folks! If there isn’t one for your MLA, volunteer, consider starting and collecting signatures! bsky.app/profile/cana...

True that. Bandwidth is close to zero these days. Used to look forward to shifts. Now it’s ’put out fires’ with a water pistol all the time.

Wondering how a man triaged as an emergency could end up waiting 8 hours? This thread will give you some idea of what is going on in our hospitals due to underfunded. Very important read.

Easy to dismiss until you have a life threatening experience needing the health care sysyem. I have had 2. Most recent 2015 went to ER w/chest pains; stent inserted within 7 hrs; triple CABG 3 weeks later; still alive today. Given the current state of #AHS don't want a 3rd.

Premier Smith needs to respond to the healthcare disaster the UCP intentionally inflicted on Albertans Smith will continue with her heinous agenda as long as she can #StopTheUCP #CorruptCare #Alberta #FullPublicInquiryAB #AHS #AbLeg #AbPoli #FullSubpoenaPower #PublicInquiryAB #PublicInquiryNowAB

#Parksy. #UPC #Alberta #healthcare #nohealthcare. Again parlay thank you for keeping us advised. #Smith #Nenshi #Guthrie. What are you doing? Everyone e else is working flat out. What are you doing??

I was hoping I wouldn't have to do a year end closeout post.. But alas here we are.. Update on Royal Alex Ortho Closures, ER Closures, Gridlock in the ED's and much much more.. Happy New years to everyone.. I'm back on nights! open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... /1

@pfparks.bsky.social @shoffmanab.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social

Follow the money. #NeverVoteConservative Feds need to challenge this today and everyday until corrupt politicians are weeded out. Health should not be a commodity #CanadaSky

Lethal. 😶

Glad to see @pfparks.bsky.social taking this head on. Please attend and support!

💯 Agree, Parksy! This is the mandate I was given when Albertans voted for me and my UCP in 2023. I was on record discussing plans on how to privatize healthcare and now I am delivering on that promise! It’s only going to get worse! #abpoli #UCPCorruption #abhealth

"Seamless": Danielle, with no managerial experience how organizations work, severs AHS into four separate "pillars" to make them easier to privatize. So people will die? Tough!

My dad, 85 years old, suffering from the effects of a 2 year struggle with cancer, and chief of surgery at the Chinook Regional Hospital for decades, was moved from an already overcrowded space to an “overcapacity room” while he recovers from a stomach bleed and pneumonia. This is the room. 🧵🧵🧵

Take a read👇 After three years of UCP govt meddling the HC system is more: - chaotic - fragmented - dysfunctional - lethal

This👇

Hey Calgary: Just in case you think the ED overcrowding in AB is just an Edmonton zone issue Here are TODAY's stats from the major Calgary EDs: RGH = an in-pt ward that can see the odd Emergency Pt Calgary basically has 30-40 functional ED spaces for the entire city 1/4

The Premier is still mostly silent on the prolonged wait and tragic death that occurred in one of her Edmonton EDs last week. Some condolences posted, and a review announced... I just want to remind the Premier, and ALL ABs, that that case was just the tip of the Iceberg 1/2

Thread from Parksy. This one jumped out .. as the situation is very bad, but HCWs are afraid to report as the UCP may target them. UCP "values".

Deep respect for the HCW struggling through present reality (except for the ones who continue to refuse to accept respirators as an effective and cheap mitigation against viral transmission), But, A catastrophe like a death awaiting care can’t be simply attributed to one cause or another.

“Only the Premier and the govt can act to afford meaningful change.” 💯 🎯 #ABleg #ABpoli #ABhealthcare

Must read. UCP prob happy to have us blame triage nurses/Emergency Dept team. We need more staff and we need the Govt to listen to the ED staff we have and to work to improve things instead of trying to make a profit off of sick Albertans!

People are rarely the primary cause of failure. It's usually the systems they are working within. This is engineering 101, and widely rejected within health care.

Please read, post and forward to friends and family. Dr.Parks is speaking from present moment in the trench experience in the ER. He is former head of the Alberta Medical Association.

Every. Single. Word.👇This is an SOS / 911 call! How many more people have to die before this govt. will actually do something to help? I honestly do not know how there are any HC workers still working in this horribly negligent corrupt province. I have the utmost gratitude and respect for them all.

This thread. AB is probably at risk but other provinces are not far behind.

Let’s look at REAL TIME DATA for our EDM Adult EDs RIGHT NOW: Our EDs have become HOSPITAL WARDS that see the odd Emergency patient! (Think about that: they can no longer care for undifferentiated new pts, forced to run in-pt ward care vast majority of their time) 1/8

This is an excellent summary of some of the data on our HC system and why we are at where we are. Please take a moment to read. Govt has been neglecting investment in workforce and hosp/LTC capacity for years... we are paying the price now.

Seeing more and more weighing in about how the GNH Triage nurse/ED team should be held to personal account makes me realize that the avg AB just doesn’t understand what an utter dumpster fire our major EDs have been for months/yrs. 1/9

People keep asking "why didn't the triage nurse put a pt with chest pain in a care space immediately?" Let me simplify our current ED triage state in the face of SEVERE SYTEM OVERCROWDING threadreaderapp.com/... 1 open bed and 30-50 w serious complaints = an impossible choice

Just as a reminder, here are some of the cases collected in 2008/9 that triggered an HQA review. Full doc: files.catbox.moe/dlt8ru.pdf Things are MUCH MUCH worse now. HCWs don't collect cases cuz they worry about punishment AND they know govt and leaders know

Anybody who reads about this tragic case and thinks this has to do with a HCW not recognizing the severity at triage has simply NOT been paying attention. threadreaderapp.com/... 1/14

This is a tragic event, and my heart goes out to the pt's family. globalnews.ca/news/1... 1/14

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all, however you might celebrate. May you find and revel in some joy over the holidays. Special shout out to all those working today... thanks for what you do. I've got my team to make things nice and smooth in the ED today!

I’m just going to suggest giving a Nazi her own police force is a really, really terrible idea.

It's a simple game Parksy, and anyone can play it. It's called: my way or the highway. P.s. Your tax dollars is our slush fund! #abpoli #ableg

Every single AB politician needs to read this and then ask themselves, “Are we actually helping here, or are we just moving deck chairs on the Titanic?”

This is sickening. There's already lots of religious groups & other charities doing what they can. The gov't must be involved, esp putting structures in place that help people succeed. Like a living wage and taxes where the wealthy pay their fair share. I hate this Americanization of our society.

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Health Fascism @picardonhealth.bsky.social @canadahealthwatch.ca @caulfieldtim.bsky.social @pfparks.bsky.social @jmeddings.bsky.social @drluannemetz.bsky.social

The UCP govt was warned months ago this would happen. They refused to listen or to act. Now Albertans will needlessly suffer and some will die. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Merry Christmas Alberta! Wishing all my rich friends who have been so generous to me and my UCP a very peaceful night! See you in Panama! #abpoli #MerryChristmas #EatTheRich #cdnpoli

An important heads up! But maybe a little light on underlying causes and possible solutions. I'll provide my perspective on things in this mini-thread. 1/

“This combination of extreme overcapacity and unpredictable influxes of seriously ill patients from EMS results in prolonged delays in care and major safety risks for … patients” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Once a fixer always a fixer. DW had seemed to be rehabilitated, but money talks. His profile on X says "Journalist". I don't think so.

Hmmm... smells like intentional and orchestrated witness tampering and intimidation... but i'm no lawyer... Wonder who could be funding this despicable type of behaviour? Wonder if the Premier and her govt knows? Isn't it time for a Public Inquiry?

Take a read globalnews.ca/news/1... Couple of things: 1 - BRAVO to this paramedic for speaking out. Let’s hope he doesn’t get punished for doing so (a JUST and SAFE culture simply no longer exists in AB) 1/9