Province seeks independent facilities to provide more surgeries in Alberta

The province is seeking independent facilities to provide more publicly-funded surgeries in Alberta as part of its goal of reducing wait times by funding 80,000 additional procedures over the next three years. Alberta Health Services posted an expression of interest Friday, seeking to "gauge the interest and ability of independent facilities to provide more publicly-funded surgeries." The move is part of the Alberta Surgical Wait-Times Initiative. “We’re eager to hear from independen