Bed closures temporary, common during summer: AHS

Alberta Health Services says some acute care beds and emergency departments are closed across the province as staff take much-deserved vacation. After recent closures, unions representing health-care staff said doctors and nurses are exhausted from the pandemic, and the Opposition NDP worried Albertans would not receive appropriate care. On Friday, AHS assured the public nearly 99 per cent of its 8,513 acute care beds and 1,221 emergency departments are open, and the few closures are o