Healthcare rally next month in Red Deer to focus on critical shortages
Shortages at Red Deer Regional Hospital are still critical issues facing Central Albertans, and a health care rally next month will continue bringing exposure to the issue.
The rally is being held on September 10 from 2:30 – 5 p.m. in the parking lot of the Memorial Centre. Speeches will take place at 4 p.m.
Issues surrounding available hospital beds and operating rooms at the hospital were first identified in 2014 and have been deemed high priority since then. Doctors say the province has yet to do anything about it.
Dr. Paul Hardy, general surgeon, said he feels that many basic services are lacking in volume in Red Deer, forcing patients to go to Edmonton and Calgary for simple things like gallbladder and hernia surgeries.