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Author: Alanna Smith
Publication Date: January 7, 2026 - 21:34
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Edmonton doctors call on Alberta government to declare state of emergency as hospitals overflow
January 7, 2026
Doctors working in Edmonton’s major hospitals are calling on the Alberta government to declare a state of emergency because there is no more room to safely accept patients.
The call comes shortly after the much-publicized death of Prashant Sreekumar, who died on Dec. 22 after spending eight hours in the emergency room at Edmonton’s Grey Nuns Community Hospital. On Wednesday, The Globe and Mail learned that he was actually one of three people who died in the Grey Nuns ER that day.
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