News Summary - July 21, 2013 [ albertahealthservices.ca/8644.asp ]Alberta Health Services flood updates and resources For the latest information on the flood situation and the impact it may have on your area, visit the Alberta government’s [ emergencyalert.alberta.ca ]emergency alert Internet page. Alberta Health Services reports that five Alberta hospitals have been seriously impacted by the flooding: - Canmore General Hospital, open, but with some roadways to the facility blocked - High River Hospital, Emergency Department closed, roads inaccessible - Holy Cross Hospital, Calgary, under mandatory evacuation order, closed until further notice - Sheldon M. Chumir Urgent Care Centre, closed until further notice - Sundre Hospital, Emergency department open, acute care and long-term care patients transferred to Olds and Innisfail UNA’s Calgary office is closed today. Members with concerns should call 1-800-252-9394. [ bit.ly/14aUeff ]Stay out of downtown, Calgary mayor says; 100,000 evacuated Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi asked citizens to stay out of the city’s flooded downtown today, and more than 100,000 Calgarians have been evacuated from their homes. As rain-swollen rivers burst their banks across southern Alberta on yesterday, more than a dozen towns declared states of emergency, with entire communities including High River and Bragg Creek under mandatory evacuation orders, and the impact being felt as far away as B.C., the Calgary Herald reports. Excellent photos and video from social media can be found [ bit.ly/15qsRwW ]here. [ bit.ly/19YzWfl ]Employment lawyers dispute Horne’s AHS board claims Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne should not have fired the Alberta Health Services board over its refusal to renege on contractual executive bonuses, employment lawyers quoted by the CBC say. Toronto employment lawyer Allison Taylor said Horne placed the board in an untenable legal situation when he indirectly demanded that it refuse to honour contracts, containing bonus provisions based on performance, for 99 AHS executives. [ bit.ly/16TL3lL ]Stollery Children’s Hospital to get $55-million upgrade – in 2015 Health Minister Fred Horne announced a major $55-million upgrade to the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton yesterday. But work won’t start till 2015. The timing of this announcement prompted cynics to wonder if the timing wasn’t designed to divert attention from the recent troubles at Alberta Health Services. [ bit.ly/19nt740 ]AHS board firing good news for local advisory boards? The chair of the Edson-area health advisory board speculates that the firing of the AHS board will result in more autonomy being given to local health advisory boards. Well, it’s a theory. [ bit.ly/125zlU9 ]Labour dispute said to threaten methadone program Negotiations have broken down between Alberta Health Services and doctors running the Methadone Program in Edmonton; and that has some patients extremely worried about what it will mean for their treatment. David Climenhaga Communications Advisor United Nurses of Alberta 780-425-1025 (Office) 780-717-2943 (Cellular) una.ab.ca
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