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Originally Posted by Nehkara
I am sorry for ranting but being part of the Calgary Health Region, I have unique perspective... we are understaffed, overworked, and the members of my union (AUPE) are underpaid. We have no available beds in the city to speak of and every year it gets worse. Our ONLY saving grace is the new South Campus hospital but it is not opening for 3 years and at that point it will only have 260 beds. It will take 10 years before it is completed and up to its capacity of ~700 beds.
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Since you are in health care maybe you can answer this question for me. I drove into Calgary from High River yesterday to see my specialist and to discuss the results of the blood tests he requested. I arrived at my appointment to have him tell me that the lab didn't do half of tests he requested. Now i have to get more done resulting in another trip to Calgary.
Are mistakes like this a result of staff shortages and the pressures of having too much to do?
Thanks
