Systemic underfunding may be cause of lengthy waits in Red Deer’s ER

Systemic underfunding may be cause of lengthy waits in Red Deer’s ER

Waiting almost two days to be admitted to Red Deer hospital was not unheard of for patients in its emergency department during the 2024-25 fiscal year. The maximum wait for 90 per cent of patients requiring a hospital bed was 43.5 hours — a 59 per cent jump from 27.3 hours during 2020-21. “The fact that you could be waiting in a stretcher for nearly two days to get to be admitted to an inpatient bed, that’s pretty troubling,” said Andrew Longhur…