Still no triage liaison physicians in Alberta ERs, 4 months after province’s pledge – CBC
AMA, government say talks to hire for the temporary safety measure are underway
Jun 03, 2026
More than four months after pledging that emergency physicians would soon begin monitoring patients in crowded waiting rooms for health crises, the Alberta government’s promised triage liaison physicians (TLP) aren’t yet on the job.
Matt Jones, Alberta’s former minister responsible for hospitals, said in January the province would “immediately” revive the role for emergency doctors after 44-year-old father Prashant Sreekumar died waiting for care in the emergency room (ER) of Edmonton’s Grey Nuns Community Hospital. Jones said the TLPs would begin work in six hospitals in Edmonton and Calgary on Feb. 1.
“There is a lot of frustration within the emergency physician group with regards to how long this has taken,” Alberta Medical Association (AMA) president Dr. Brian Wirzba said in an interview this week.
