Doctors count 6 preventable deaths in Alberta EDs
January 21, 2026
EDMONTON - Alberta emergency room doctors have counted what they say are six potentially preventable deaths and dozens of close calls for patients who they say waited too long for care in emergency rooms across the province. Dr. Paul Parks (pictured), a Medicine Hat ER physician and past president of the Alberta Medical Association (AMA), says he and his emergency medicine colleagues compiled the list of cases that they say occurred over a two-week period in late December and early January.
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