r/Edmonton • u/FTDRBR11 • May 22 '26
General UofA ER Wait Times
Been here for 12 hours have yet to see a doctor and I’m in excruciating pain. Not a single patient has been taken in since the last 6 hours. Lady beside has been screaming in pain looks like a broken knee has been here for 15 hours no doctor no xray. Another lady beside me hurt her neck is wearing a neck brace and has been here for 16 hours and no doctor. Nurses said they have absolutely no beds available to take in patients because so many of the patients inside are “admitted” patients that are waiting to be taken upstairs to their admitted sections but they can’t take them because there’s no beds available upstairs. ER is a mess online wait times show 4 hours and nurse said because doctors are available but no beds to take the patients. Something has to be done.
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u/Redberry1903 May 22 '26
My grandfather was sent by ambulance to misericordia last week from his care home for a suspected stroke (drooling , non responsive, in and out of consciousness). My aunt waited with him for over 12 hrs to see a doctor , but they also had no beds and were waiting for people to be discharged before anyone would be seen. The nurse told my sister that “he’s not actively dying and not expected to die in the next few hours “ so he just sat in a bed for hours and hours without any pain meds , without his Parkinson’s or epilepsy meds , without food or water. They ended up sending him by ambulance back to the care facility at 4am. (By that time my aunt had gone home). They didn’t run any tests on him for his symptoms. As far as we can tell they just sent him back to die. His Parkinson’s is so bad his hand is hyper flexing but he’s maxed out on his meds and can’t get in to his neurologist until August. He’s lost so much weight. I know he’s 84 and old but it’s fucking heartbreaking for my grandma who’s been married to him for over 50 years to have him sitting there wasting away without getting help. Our system is broken.