Minister says Alberta emergency room deaths and poor outcomes are exceptions to the norm | Unpublished
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Minister says Alberta emergency room deaths and poor outcomes are exceptions to the norm

January 20, 2026

As Alberta doctors raise red flags about seeing what they say are delays in emergency room care, the province’s hospitals minister says he doesn’t think cases that the doctors have recently highlighted reflect the health system broadly.



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