This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A woman leaves the Peter Lougheed Centre hospital in Calgary, April 9, 2020. Some Alberta physicians are paying premium prices for medical gear on the open market despite the province sending hundreds of thousands of masks and other safety equipment to other provinces.
Health care workers in Alberta are rationing and reusing masks in order to stretch supplies. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, however, late last week said his province has enough ventilators and PPE to make it through the crisis. As a result, Alberta will ship critical equipment, ranging from ventilators to N95 respirator masks, to British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.
Dr. Kapoor, who also bought face shields on Amazon, said specialists like him should not be overlooked because he and his colleagues must physically examine patients. In doing so, they are taking pressure off other parts of the health care system, which is focused on COVID-19. “I assure all Albertans that we have ample supply,” he said in a statement Saturday."We are in a position both to keep Albertans safe and to help ensure Canadian health care systems from coast to coast are equipped to take on the challenges ahead.”
How many days inventory do they have, and how many masks had to be shared...stop givening me your opinion...give me some facts.. and I will try to form my own..
this is how awesome asshat jkenney and conservatives are. why we keep electing them is beyond my understanding
Except for this.
There is hospitals in BC, Ontario and Quebec really overwhelmed with many more cases and deaths than us. Share supplies with the sickest provinces to save a life. Yup I would agree with sending supplies to the most overwhelmed areas. cdnpoli
As Canadian as it is...I did wonder why not secure the safety of Albertans 1st then donate what surplus might be available?
JustinTrudeau No worries the plane load of millions and millions and millions of N95 masks arrived from China today, so you will get yours delivered within days. Meanwhile be safe, keep your families, coworkers, loved and hated ones safe. Only go to work with the proper PPE.
While it seems like a nice gesture, even this Ontarian was wondering if AB wasn’t hurting its own residents.
Alberta residents and tax payers also have to try to make our own masks since most certainly it’s next to or impossible to order any.