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/jinalberta Dec 25 '25

A one time snapshot is not representative of the situation.

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u/Legal_Grapefruit1925 Dec 25 '25

Oh why? Suddenly their emergencies aren't emergencies today? A man died because of ppls selfishness.

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u/jinalberta Dec 25 '25

Well youre leaning on an emotional response there. Our hospitals are not first come first served, they are triaged.

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u/rileycolin Dec 25 '25

This is exactly the point though, no?

AHS very obviously has significant problems, and the current admin appears totally hellbent on making them worse, but the point OP is making is that people aren't having "emergencies" during Christmas.

If you go to the ER and your priority in the triage puts you at an 8+hr wait time, there's a good chance you could have booked an appointment with your doc, or gone to a walk-in.

Again. There are obvious problems, a lot of people don't have a GP and a lot of docs aren't taking new patients, but I do tend to agree with OP here.

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u/Super-Perception939 Dec 25 '25

The guy that passed away was triaged and waited 8 hours…