Province to announce COVID-19 update and steps to reduce pressure on hospitals

Yesterday AHS issued the following statement:

“In order to best support adult critical care during this fourth wave of COVID-19 pressures, AHS Calgary Zone has made the difficult decision to postpone all scheduled elective surgeries and many outpatient procedures for the remainder of this week at our Calgary hospitals.

This move will allow AHS to deploy qualified staff to support intensive care and critical care beds within the Zone. Today, there are 95 ICU beds operating in Calgary which is 29 more than our usual total of ICU beds (66)

Of the 147 patients currently in ICU, 89 per cent are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. We strongly urge all eligible Albertans to get immunized as quickly as possible, which is your best defence against a severe outcome from COVID-19.

Only those patients who are impacted will be contacted and their procedures will be rescheduled as soon as possible. AHS will continue with all urgent and emergent procedures, as well as prioritized cancer surgeries.

We do not make these decisions lightly, & acknowledge that postponing surgeries has a deep impact on those patients, their families, & their loved ones. Decisions related to other future surgery postponements across the coming weeks will be made based on the evolving situation.

As we said last week, this situation is serious, and we would like to remind all Albertans that we need their help in reducing the transmission of COVID-19 in the community, which in turn will reduce strain on the healthcare system.”

rdnewsNOW will have more coverage in a separate story after the press conference.

by rdnewsNOW Staff

Province to announce COVID-19 update and steps to reduce pressure on hospitals

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