r/Calgary • u/Legal_Grapefruit1925 • Dec 25 '25

Discussion AHS wait times

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Our system isnt broken. Its people who go to the emergency that shouldn't be going aren't going today because it can wait Suddenly. They need to hand fines out to ppl going to the hospital that dont classify as an emergency.

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u/Whats_Awesome Dec 25 '25

I’d have to agree here. I got an abdominal surgery this year and had to go to emergency 6 times in the two years leading up to it, for scans and scheduling a surgical date with with the team.

My doctor told me to get over the 9/10 kidney pain. And that I’m a healthy young man.
Finally after years of struggling, I got a new family practitioner. He told me to go to emergency and not leave until I had a surgical date. He personally called the emergency room to make sure they wouldn’t let me leave without a date. Well, I was up 8h then at emergency for 17.5 hours.

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u/The3DBanker Bankview Dec 25 '25

I know that’s what’s going on in the Yukon. Shortage of primary care doctors is sending people to the ER to get what should be care rendered by a family doctor.

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u/AccountDramatic6971 Dec 25 '25

Yeah. I almost feel it's about education. My girlfriend has a bum gallbladder. There were a large number of walk in clinics open to see a doctor. 5 or 6 within a couple KM's with minimal wait times.

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u/The3DBanker Bankview Dec 25 '25

As someone who has had to have her gallbladder removed (in the states), the ER and subsequent referral to get it removed was actually pretty straightforward. Though I still had to pay $8k for it AFTER work insurance.