Department of Medicine

Opinion: It’s not a matter of if you’ll get COVID, but when you’ll get COVID

September 21, 2021

In an op-ed for the Calgary Herald, Dr. S. Monty Ghosh emphasizes the importance of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, instead of relying on herd immunity.

Life and death: What critical-care triage could mean in Alberta ICUs

September 17, 2021

Dr. Noel Gibney comments on the difficulties that could arise with critical-care triaging in hospitals.

Canada election: How parties vow to prevent the next pandemic

September 16, 2021

Dr. Lynora Saxinger says that Canada’s federal system, which leaves a lot of health care decision-making to the provinces, was a liability during the pandemic.

Alberta is running out of ICU space. Here’s what the nightmare scenario would look like

September 15, 2021

Dr. Lynora Saxinger comments on the importance of an official critical care triaging policy to ensure consistency across the province should triage become necessary.