Red Deer hospital on surgical diversion, patients being diverted to Edmonton, Calgary

Patients seeking care at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre are being diverted to Edmonton and Calgary as the facility struggles with high patient volumes and staff shortages, according to Alberta Health Services.  AHS implemented the surgical diversion at 9 p.m. on Jan. 31. It says emergency life or limb cases as well as patients already admitted will not be diverted.  “This is not a decision that we take lightly, and it has only been made following extensive conversation and exp