August 24, 2023
EDMONTON — Alberta Health Services (AHS) wants to ensure any cancer patients evacuated from the Northwest Territories are receiving the necessary cancer treatments they require.
If you are a patient who is expected for assessment or treatment for a cancer diagnosis in the Northwest Territories, please call the Alberta Cancer Centre Transition Team, toll-free, at 1-888-432-8865.
AHS will work with you to ensure your assessment and/or treatment(s) are not interrupted.
AHS, along with Alberta’s government and other provinces and territories, is working closely and collaboratively with the NWT to support evacuation efforts for impacted patients and continuing care residents.
We have placed 55 NWT residents in continuing care spaces throughout Alberta, and are preparing to support between 150 and 200 NWT home care clients. Alberta is also supporting approximately 30 obstetrical patients from NWT. Care is being provided at a number of sites in Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton.
In addition, approximately four patients requiring acute care, along with 19 NWT dialysis patients, are now receiving care at various Alberta sites.
AHS is also providing supports to reception centres currently stood up in Edmonton, High Level, Fort McMurray, Valleyview, Fox Creek, Peace River, and Grande Prairie. This includes services and supports such as Addiction and Mental Health, Home Care, Public Health, Indigenous Wellness, and Pharmacy support.
AHS continues to provide healthcare services to all NWT residents requiring care as part of the longstanding agreement between the two provinces.
For more information on resources for people impacted by wildfire, please visit Wildfire Resources.
We are grateful to our staff, physicians and leaders for once again stepping up when an emergency situation occurs to ensure the safe relocation and accommodation of displaced patients and residents.
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.
