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Alberta hospitals must admit patients to prevent ER backlogs, says review into Edmonton man's death

March 12, 2026

To help prevent a backlog of patients in emergency rooms, Alberta hospitals should not cap the number of patients who can be admitted to wards, says a review completed in the wake of a 44-year-old Edmonton man’s death in an ER.



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