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Four hospitals, 22 ambulances, six planes, two helicopters: The CFB Wainwright evacuation effort
Source: Alberta - Edmonton Journal (Legislature & Capital)
Date: 2026-10-18 20:42:10.0
Tags: [Alberta, Emergency, Healthcare, Defence, Public Safety]Following a mass casualty explosion at the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright training facility, Acute Care Alberta activated a Code Orange on Saturday night that lasted over 10 hours until Sunday afternoon. Emergency Health Services (EHS)-Alberta and contracted service partners deployed 30 units directly to the scene, including 22 ground ambulances, six fixed-wing planes, and two rotary-wing helicopters. Patients were evacuated from the Wainwright Healthcare Centre and distributed across four major medical facilities: University of Alberta Hospital, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, and Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.
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'The worst it's ever been': Alberta implements triage liaison physicians as emergency rooms continue to buckle under pressure
Source: Alberta - Edmonton Journal (Legislature & Capital)
Date: 2026-10-17 16:38:59.0
Tags: [Alberta, Healthcare, Emergency]The Government of Alberta, through Hospital and Surgical Services Minister Adriana LaGrange and Acute Care Alberta, is implementing triage liaison physicians (TLPs) in the province's busiest emergency departments following a nine-month delay caused by stalled negotiations with the Alberta Medical Association. The program aims to expedite patient care amid severe emergency room overcrowding, where patients like 44-year-old Prashant Sreekumar—who died at the Grey Nuns Hospital emergency room—have faced prolonged delays and fatal wait times. Dr. Paul Parks, president of the section of emergency medicine at the Alberta Medical Association, noted that admitted patients have been stuck in emergency rooms for over 100 hours, and a public fatality inquiry into Sreekumar's death is scheduled to begin on October 19 to review systemic care failures.
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