There’s a lot of ObGyn content here… rural AB is not ok

“The St. Paul hospital will be without onsite physician coverage in the emergency department from 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 until 7 a.m. Saturday Aug. 2 and then again on Aug. 5 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.” BUT THE BIKE LANES! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli lakelandtoday.ca/st-paul-news/s…

Yet another family weighing in: “Is the UCP against Albertans with disabilities?” This isn’t political posturing…it’s pain. It’s fear. It’s frustration. When everyday Albertans start asking questions like this, leadership needs to listen. #ableg #UCP edmontonjournal.com/opinion/letter…

If expanding a private, parallel system truly was a solution, Québec would have the highest-performing system in Canada. Instead, we see the reality: ever-increasing waitlists as the public system is starved of resources. Yet the privateers continue to mislead Canadian Doctors for Medicare

Once again, the myth that a private, parallel system would help relieve pressure on the public system is shown to be untrue. In fact, the opposite.

QC leads the country in privatization with hundreds of physicians completely opting out of universal public health care. Coalition Avenir Québec Le QC est le cancre de la classe en assurance santé publique. #qcpoli #cdnpoli

Vaccine hesitancy: How social and technological issues converged to spawn mistrust theconversation.com/vaccine-hesita… "The COVID pandemic has proven how damaging misinformation, disinformation, information voids and information gaps can be to public health..." #VaccinesWork

It’s been quiet on the contracting out scandal front recently. ⁦Parksy⁩ - any predictions when the next shoe will drop? calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…

In 2023, Tuberculosis overtook COVID-19 to once again become the world’s deadliest infectious disease. 🫁 Learn more about what TB is, how it spreads, and why health equity is the key to stopping it 👇 scienceupfirst.com/public-health/… #ScienceUpFirst

🚨 Alberta has more measles cases than the entire United States. This is a public health emergency — and yet, the UCP government continues to fail in taking the necessary steps to protect Albertans, our children and our grandchildren.

“Instead of making it easier for citizens to protect themselves against a blood-clotting virus that still kills more people than influenza every year, Smith’s government has made getting a COVID shot a daunting obstacle course.” thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/…

Hey AB…. You probably don’t remember this👇 Sadly we could be heading for an IRL reminder on a lot of these preventable illnesses… But don’t worry, our AB govt has its focus and attention on which books it should ban. Doing its “libertarian” small govt thing…

The What Matters to Hatters Coalition has an events page on our newly created website. Check us out here #medhat! whatmatterstohatters.com/activities-eve… We have a lot happening in the next few months and we hope you will join us!

The path AB is currently on….

‘$$ their clinics would receive will not provide a return for the financial backers that is required to build expensive new clinics from scratch’ Let us shed a collective 💧 Ontario’s private-clinic plan doesn’t add up, prospective applicants warn theglobeandmail.com/gift/d487a4a97…

Politics + antivaxx zealot = horrible policies. We all knew RFK Jr was an antivaxx grifter. He is behaving as expected. Like an antivaxx grifter. RFK Jr. cancels $500M US in funding for vaccine development, targeting mRNA cbc.ca/news/world/vac… Dark Age 2.0

Albertans need to start “demanding transparency, evidence-based policy, and a willingness to adapt, even if it means letting go of ideology. Canadians deserve a system built on reason, not rhetoric.” buff.ly/H01fQ0J

"What we see and what everyone says we see are different" edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…

Sign our petition and tell our federal politicians that access to medication aka pharmacare should not depend on how much money you make, or where you live in Canada-we need fairer and cheaper access to prescription drugs. @markjcarney #Cdnpoli win.newmode.net/accessbccampai…

Racial health inequity remains a shamefully pervasive problem in this country. Stephen & his family deserved so much better. We've seen it far too many times. We need to do everything possible to eliminate racism in our institutions—especially healthcare. cbc.ca/news/canada/ma…