The warning was written in British blood. Alberta read it and said "hold my beer."
In England, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine felt compelled to publish a study showing 1,300 excess deaths a month from long A&E waits. In Scotland and Wales…No royal college there has felt the need to count bodies and sound the alarm like that. And here in Alberta? …we have Dr. Paul Parks. A past president of our own medical association, touring the province, telling stories, begging for change.
Code Orange: UCP Can't Attack the Facts, So They Attack the Messenger
Recently, the UCP government publicly attacked the credibility of Friends of Medicare, accusing them of spreading misinformation…all of a sudden, they've noticed the organization exists…the government has acknowledged Friends of Medicare - not to engage, not to answer questions, but to discredit them. Talk about picking a fight from the sidelines.
Welcome to Code Orange
This column is about what's working, what's not, and who's getting hurt while the rest of us argue about it. It's about the nurses burning out, the families desperate for care, and the decisions being made in Edmonton that affect all of us. Welcome to Code Orange.

