Military nurses to begin work at Edmonton hospital as Alberta battles 4th wave of COVID-19
CBC
Canadian military nurses are set to begin working at Edmonton's Royal Alexandra Hospital to help alleviate pressure on a critical care unit overburdened with COVID-19 patients.
The Canadian Armed Forces says eight critical care nursing officers deployed from Ontario and Nova Scotia are to begin shifts at the downtown hospital as early as this afternoon.
"They are scheduled to conduct integration training with [Alberta Health Services] the morning of October 6 and will be scheduled to begin shifts later that afternoon upon completion," reads a statement from the Canadian Armed Forces.
The military support is to be in place until the end of October.
Alberta requested assistance from the military last month as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and intensive care admissions spiked.
One senior critical care nursing officer was the first to be deployed to the province on Monday to help health authorities determine where and how the other nursing officers would be integrated into the health-care system.
Alberta is also working on an agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador, which has also offered to send a medical team.
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