September 25, 2024
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE — Alberta Health Services (AHS) remains committed to ensuring the surgical program at Rocky Mountain House Health Centre continues to be available. This includes ongoing recruitment and retention efforts to support the program, and to see it grow.
There are no plans to decrease surgeries in Rocky Mountain House. We share the same desire as our local physicians and the community to see the surgical program grow and thrive for years to come.
Like many other rural sites, the surgical program at Rocky Mountain House Health Centre is supported by both permanent and locum physicians. It is also supported by traveling surgeons for the new orthopedic surgical service. We are interviewing candidates interested in the permanent general surgeon position and continue to recruit for an additional General Practitioner with Anesthesia training to support the program.
We have been and will continue to work with our local physicians and staff to support the surgical program.
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.
