It will likely be a bit longer for some sufferers at one Calgary hospital to obtain the surgical operations they have been ready for.
Alberta Well being Companies (AHS) says roughly two dozen scheduled surgical procedures on the Rockyview Basic Hospital subsequent week have been postponed because of "employees absences and sicknesses."
"We acknowledge that this may trigger some stress and nervousness to our impacted surgical sufferers, nonetheless we've got exhausted all efforts to keep away from this non permanent service disruption," AHS mentioned in an e-mail to CTV Information.
All pressing and emergency surgical procedures are unaffected by the problem and can proceed to be offered on the Rockyview Basic Hospital, AHS mentioned.
Officers say the variety of procedures being delayed symbolize roughly seven per cent of the hospital's weekly surgical procedures.
AHS says it has reached out to the sufferers affected by the disruption and are working with them to reschedule their surgical procedures as rapidly as attainable.
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