Alberta hospitals moving patients out to make room for others sick with COVID-19 – CBC
Province reports 1,510 new cases and 9 new deaths; 679 in hospital, including 154 in ICU
Sep 09, 2021
Alberta will move patients out of acute-care hospital beds to make room for others sick with COVID-19, Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced Thursday.
Patients who are moved out of hospitals will be taken care of at home and in facility-based continuing care, Shandro told a news conference.
The province, working to cope with the surging fourth wave of the pandemic, will provide up to $36 million in new funding to improve wages and create additional workforce capacity to allow more Albertans to receive care outside of hospitals, Shandro said.
He said $22 million will be used to increase the pay of health-care aides working in contracted agencies.
The money will provide a pay increase of $2 per hour for the next 13 months. Another $14 million will be used to expand workforce capacity to support home care and continuing care facilities until March 31.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/shandro-hinshaw-covid-alberta-1.6169851
