June 16, 2023
EDSON – The emergency department (ED) at the Edson Healthcare Centre (EHC) will reopen with physician services Saturday, June 17 at 8 a.m.
EMS remains available to the community, and residents are asked to call 911 if they need urgent medical attention.
Nursing staff will be onsite starting Friday, June 16, at 7 p.m. to provide triage and assessments, and referrals for patients to alternate EDs in surrounding communities as needed. ED physician coverage will resume Saturday, June 17 at 8 a.m.
The Edson Home Care team will resume providing essential services to community clients on Saturday, June 17.
Outpatient Laboratory and Diagnostic Imaging services will resume on Monday, June 19 at 8 a.m. Clients who had appointments booked over the past week while Edson was evacuated are being contacted directly by AHS to be rescheduled as soon as possible.
Dialysis services will also resume on Monday, June 19.
Patient safety and care remain our top priorities and we are working hard to ensure the community has urgent care available.
Inpatient admissions are temporarily paused.
The EHC was temporarily evacuated and closed due to threat of local wildfires on June 9. It was previously evacuated on May 6, and re-opened in stages starting May 9.
AHS has reached out to families and loved ones of the evacuated inpatients and residents with information. If you have not been contacted, please reach out to HealthLink at 8-1-1 (patients) or Continuing Care Access at 1-855-371-4122 (residents).
We are extremely grateful for our frontline teams, staff and physicians who have come together to support the response across AHS.
AHS provides wildfire resources for Albertans at AHS.ca/wildfire, including mental health, air quality, and emergency planning links.
Alberta Health Services is the provincial health authority responsible for planning and delivering health supports and services for more than four million adults and children living in Alberta. Our mission is to provide a patient-focused, quality health system that is accessible and sustainable for all Albertans. Our current focus is on reducing emergency department wait-times, improving EMS response times, increasing access to surgeries, and improving patient flow.
