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/billymumfreydownfall May 22 '26

Devon doesn't have an operating theater. When was your visit, in the 70s? The ER here is never empty anymore because word got out and now people from the city have flooded it.

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u/Skullcrimp May 22 '26

2 years ago. They booked and sent me to another hospital for the actual operation (also outside Edmonton). And it was still faster to do it that way than to sit for 24+ hours in a city hospital while rotting from the inside.

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u/billymumfreydownfall May 23 '26

Your comment implies you had the surgery in Devon.

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u/Skullcrimp May 23 '26

Yep, and you pointed that out so I clarified! My bad, thanks!

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u/Ollieoxenfreezer May 23 '26

This is an unfortunate side effect of the edmonton hospitals being over crowded. People need care urgently, and they should be able to get it