Budget 2022: Increasing health-care capacity, surgeries

Budget 2022 commits a total of $3.5 billion for health facilities, equipment and IT systems to expand health-care capacity for Albertans no matter where they live and create thousands of good-paying jobs.

This includes $133 million over three years to upgrade and expand hospital operating rooms and departments as part of the Alberta government’s commitment to provide every Albertan the surgery they need within clinically recommended wait times. A $63.5-million project at the Foothills Medical Centre – with $35 million in new funding included in Budget 2022 – is adding 11 new operating rooms and 17 additional recovery beds to the Calgary hospital.

Other new funding will go towards redeveloping and expanding the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, a maternity centre in La Crete, more recovery communities, spaces in continuing care and expanded surgical suites in hospitals across Alberta.

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