It sucks, but health care is unpredictable at the best of times and sometimes there just aren't any other options available, we have an aging population which is going to rely more and more on the health care system. There aren't an infinite number of beds in any given emergency department, let alone the major trauma center for southern Alberta. I hate to say it but they prioritize patients and if you were waiting for that long it isn't going to be a life threatening situation, uncomfortable no doubt, but not life threatening.
They are making a new hospital in the south and it can't get up fast enough and that will alleviate some of the problems but for the most part a lack of beds is a problem that will always be present.
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