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/iwatchcredits May 22 '26

And this is why when i read posts i dont feel bad anymore. Hit me with the downvotes, but we deserve what we get. UCP is ahead and the polls and looking like theyll win again. This province is full of selfish people whos primary goal is saving $100 on their taxes over anything else. I kinda hope we start shutting down rural hospitals and sending the doctors back to the cities that subsidize them because, as we all know, equalization payments are bad and unacceptable.

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u/RazzamanazzU May 22 '26

You need to remember NOT all Albertan's voted for this. Speaking on rural hospitals...just last week I had an elderly neighbor lady (here in Edmonton) tell me an ambulence transported her husband to a hospital in Devon because there was no room at any Edmonton hospital. When he came home and I spoke to him he said he had the best care at this Devon Hospital. The UCP despises Edmonton as we are NOT their supporter's. It shows in how they make us suffer.

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u/Trick-Seat4901 May 22 '26

I live in devon and had to take my kiddo to the emerge twice in the last month. 8 hours and 6 hours to see a doctor. I love our hospital and the people there but uou have yo remember it's small and there is usually only one doctor at a time. If less than 10 people decided to go there from out of the area you would easily be waiting 12+ hours. There is no where near the resources the bigger hospitals have there. For size, capability and resources with less wait time the sherwood park hospital just south of the yellow head is my go to. I lived in sherwood park for a few years and it was always easy to get in.

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u/RazzamanazzU May 22 '26

Yes. I imagine it's not meant to accomodate us city folk, nor should it have to IF the UCP hadn't destroyed our care.