Tell me about: Okotoks

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

A city of 75,000 and no hospital.

A city of 75 000 that is a suburb of a city of 1.5 million does not need a hospital. What it does need is a 24 hour urgent care facility - which Airdrie has. The fact there is a staff shortage is another topic however.

This ties in with the debate going on over in the Alberta Politics thread. Smaller scale urgent care facilities that can handle 80-90% (I'm ballparking) of the cases that come in through the door would take a huge load off our ER's. Leave those for heart attacks, trauma incidents etc.

[CroFlames]

Airdrie itself has many surrounding communities that use its urgent care, like Drum & Hannah.

Airdrie needs a hospital as it continues to grow.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Locke

They can be at a Calgary Hospital in 15 minutes.

And because they're from Airdrie theres only a 15 minute ER waiting time! Its in the contract!

That’s to downtown. They can be at the Peter Lougheed in 5.