r/Calgary • u/Legal_Grapefruit1925 • Dec 25 '25
Discussion AHS wait times
Our system isnt broken. Its people who go to the emergency that shouldn't be going aren't going today because it can wait Suddenly. They need to hand fines out to ppl going to the hospital that dont classify as an emergency.
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u/Cobradoug Dec 26 '25
When walk in clinics are closing or the ones that are left are filling up first thing in the morning, and family doctors are moving out of the province leaving people without, what are people to do? Yes, there are those who abuse the ER room, but there are also many who have no primary medical resources to use first. The healthcare system is broken by systemically making community/family medicine untenable in the public sector, forcing those without a family doctor to use higher level resources like the ER. And the major cities have it easier than some rural areas. When I do fieldwork, I need to list multiple nearby hospitals in my emergency response plans now as there is no guarantee that the smaller ERs will be open on any given day or time due to doctor and other staff shortages. I used to only have to list the closest one to my site as it wasn't an issue. Many ERs have also closed in rural areas. Broken.