Acute care across the province is feeling the strain, with flu and other respiratory diseases contributing to overflowing waiting rooms, said Dr. Paul Parks

Alberta hospitals are under severe strain from flu cases — a situation that will only get worse, says the former president of the Alberta Medical Association.

And Alberta Health Services said the system is employing nearly all of the beds earmarked for respiratory illness season.

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Acute care across the province is feeling the strain, with flu and other respiratory diseases contributing to overflowing waiting rooms, said Dr. Paul Parks.

“It’s been a major impact, a gong show to be honest, and we’re just seeing the start of it — it’s already overwhelming our emergency departments,” said Parks, an emergency physicia

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