Alberta’s emergency departments and medical wards continue to face sustained and significant pressure, with capacity challenges affecting patient safety and the overall stability of acute care. The physicians’ endorsement signals strong, province‑wide alignment behind the practical measures outlined in the op‑ed, including:
- Clear patient‑safety thresholds
- Improved discharge coordination
- Integrated load‑levelling across sites
- Robust surge protocols
These solutions represent essential steps toward restoring safety, reliability and functionality within the health‑care system.
Patients deserve safe, compassionate care and a system designed to deliver it.
Signed by 300 General Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine physicians across Alberta:
| Antonia Barnes | Edmonton | Kendra Young | Calgary |
| Mike Dussault | Edmonton | Jessica Breton | Edmonton |
| Amanda J Brisebois | Edmonton | Hilary Ambrose | Calgary |
| Michael Wickham | Canmore | Harman Sidhu | Edmonton |
| Jasdeep Gill | Leduc | David Hoshizaki | Edmonton |
| Pete Kwan | Lethbridge | Mowad Benguzzi | Edmonton |
| Michael J Betzner | Calgary | Luke Rannelli | Calgary |
| Adam Oster | Calgary | Warren Ma | Edmonton |
| Steve Fisher | Edmonton | Daniel Joo | Calgary |
| Jaime Bawden | Sherwood Park | Chris Oleynick | Calgary |
| Matthew Kriese | Lethbridge | Edward Berdusco | Edmonton |
| Gregory Gilmour | Edmonton | Ryan Wilkie | Calgary |
| Haley Cochrane | Calgary | James Huffman | Calgary |
| Omar Damji | Calgary | Michael Savarf | Westview Stony Plain |
| Ian Rigby | Calgary | Varun Bali | Calgary |
| Joanne Norum | Edmonton | Alex Love | Calgary |
| Aref Yeung | Edmonton | Anastasia Howe | Edmonton |
| Ashif Rahman | Edmonton | Nadim Lalani | Calgary |
| Cody Dunne | Calgary | Jason Fedwick | Calgary |
| Shanon Ruzycki | Calgary | Eddy Lang | Calgary |
| Salima Alladina | Calgary | Dr. Alan Brilz | Leduc |
| Christine East | Calgary, Alberta | Allison Kirkham | Edmonton |
| Julia Rouget | Edmonton | Leneela Sharma | Edmonton |
| Brenda Nakashima | Calgary | Ian Williamson | Edmonton |
| Hernando Leon | St. Albert | Lorraine Mabon | Calgary |
| Jeff Grant | Calgary | Scott Farquharson | Calgary |
| Rebecca Schonnop | Edmonton | Rob Wittmeier | Edmonton |
| Alina Rumley | Edmonton | Jeff Shrum | Calgary |
| Patrick Linehan | Stony Plain | Ryan Deedo | Calgary |
| Joanne Tseng | Edmonton | Rachelle Westover | St. Albert |
| Erin Bristow | Edmonton | Jeffrey Bradley | Calgary |
| Michelle Lamarche | Calgary | Erik Saude | Calgary |
| Jim Rogers | Edmonton | Dr Fayaz Harji | Calgary |
| Marc Francis | Calgary | Robert Hurowitz | Calgary |
| Brian Rowe | Edmonton | Rob Kruhlak | Edmonton |
| Zachary Antflick | Edmonton | Hugo A. Bertozzi | Grande Prairie |
| Deanne Watrich | Edmonton | Chuck Wurster | Edmonton |
| Jonathan Lubin | Calgary | Richard Morris | Calgary |
| Alfred T. Lutterodt | Calgary | Barry Wiens | Red Deer |
| Daniel Dabbs | Edmonton | Kevin Mailo | Sherwood Park |
| Paul Tourigny | Calgary | Dr. Christa Desrochers | Edmonton |
| Oliver Haw For Chin | Calgary | Neil Collins | Calgary |
| Rob Daloise | St. Albert | Daniel Gregson | Calgary |
| Julie Seymour | Edmonton | Jeff Mohler | Edmonton |
| Cory Brulotte | Calgary | Kristina O?Brien | Edmonton |
| Michael Nutting | Edmonton | Gabriel Fabreau | Calgary |
| John Walsh | Calgary | Jared Bly | Edmonton |
| Laura Matemisz | Edmonton | David Sameshima | Medicine Hat |
| Colin Peterson | Edmonton | Ryan Currah | Medicine Hat |
| Paul Parks | Medicine Hat | dr anil keshvara | Medicine Hat |
| Brian Wirzba | Edmonton | Pat San Agustin | Edmonton |
| Dr Navdeep S Dhaliwal | Edmonton, AB | Terence Groves | Calgary |
| Michael Lai | Edmonton | Sudhir Pandya | Calgary |
| Brittany Dever | Edmonton | Amaly Rahman | Edmonton |
| Don |Culos | Calgary | Hsing Jou | Edmonton |
| Craig Domke | Edmonton | Sean Wilde | Lethbridge |
| Jay Varghese | Edmonton | Ryan Derman | Lethbridge |
| Michel Sauve | Fort McMurray | Stephanie Brass | Lethbridge |
| Aisha Mirza | Edmonton | Bilal Mir | Lethbridge |
| Samina Ali | Edmonton | Jarrod Anderson | Edmonton |
| Daina Thomas | Edmonton | Jason Falk | Fort McMurray |
| Gordon Searles | Edmonton | Kyle Anderson | Edmonton |
| Stevi Golden-Plotnik | Edmonton | Grenvil Gracias | Calgary |
| Scott MacLean | Edmonton | Braden Teitge | Calgary |
| Ian MacNairn | Lethbridge, Red Deer, Black Diamond, St. Albert | James Andruchow | Calgary |
| Jacqueline Hiob | Calgary | Ewa Courvoisier | Calgary |
| Allan Ushko | Edmonton | Wesley Orr | Lethbridge |
| Ni Lam | Edmonton | Tracey Bryan | Edmonton |
| Jennifer Landry | Calgary | Martin Baur | Edmonton |
| Kiersten Schwann | Lethbridge | John Bitangcol | Edmonton |
| Grenvil Gracias | Calgary | Sarah | Edmonton |
| Stevi Golden-Plotnik | Edmonton | Anton Nikouline | Edmonton |
| Alicia Briggs | Calgary | April Tozer | Calgary |
| Leo Smyth | Calgary | Colin Bell | Calgary |
| Ion Leah | Medicine Hat | Matthew Grabove | Calgary |
| Pravee Jain | Edmonton | Melanie Sohn | Calgary |
| Elizabeth MacKay | Calgary | RIchard Buck | Lethbridge |
| Kathryn Crowder | Calgary | Claire Barber | Calgary |
| Colleen Sweeney | Edmonton | Elizabeth Cook | Calgary |
| Marc Curial | Edmonton | Joline Bohne | Calgary |
| Colin MacDonald | Edmonton | Kyle Exner | Calgary |
| Robyn Palmer | Calgary | Chase Krook | Calgary |
| Erin Bristow | Edmonton | Maninder singh | Lethbridge |
| Lauren Roberts | Calgary | Rachit Batta | Calgary |
| Gregory Michael Beller | Calgary | Heidi Schmaltz | Calgary |
| Ross Purser | Edmonton | Aneeta Mistry | Edmonton |
| Cameron MacGougan | Edmonton | Lorissa Mews | Calgary |
| Hazem Shoblak | Edmonton | Matt Frey | Calgary |
| Natasha Goumeniouk | Calgary | Colleen Jackson-Macaulay | Calgary |
| Eileen Kabaroff | Calgary | Jyl Radwell | Calgary |
| Dr. of Emergency Medicine | Lethbridge | Lynn Savoie | Calgary |
| Sheldon Wiens | Edmonton zone | Vanessa Potok | Calgary |
| Meghan Rozmahel | Edmonton | Nick Pompa | Calgary |
| Marya Cordell | Edmonton | John Davis | Calgary |
| Anita Det | Calgary | Travis Novak | Calgary |
| Diana Rucker | Edmonton | James Gilbertson | Calgary |
| Margaret McGillivray | Calgary | Alexander Tang | Calgary |
| Stephen Duncan | Calgary | Brian Rowe | Edmonton |
| Kelle Hurd | Calgary | Andrew McRae | Calgary |
| Thomas Louie | Calgary | Denise Watt | Calgary |
| Marcy Mintz | Calgary AB | Ayesha Khory | Calgary |
| Huma Ali | Calgary | Colleen Kjelland | Edmonton |
| Nicholas Sajko | Calgary | Roger Yao | Edmonton |
| Sara McKinnon | Edmonton | Carly Hagel | Calgary |
| Vanessa Davis | Edmonton | Arun Abbi | Calgary |
| Amy Hegstrom | Edmonton | Jennifer Nicol | Calgary |
| Brian Whiteside | Edmonton | Tony Soeyonggo | Edmonton |
| Sean Patrick | Lethbridge | Mandeep Sran | Calgary |
| Mike Fisher | Calgary | Cameron MacGougan | Edmonton |
| Sandy Dong | Edmonton | Jamie McLellan | Calgary |
| Kevin Martin | Lethbridge | Pamela Downey | Calgary |
| Rhonda Ness | Calgary | Sam Chow | Edmonton |
| Shona MacLachlan | Edmonton | Jaspreet Khangura | Edmonton |
| Angela Naismith | Edmonton | Bryan Weber | Calgary |
| Julia Rouget | Edmonton | Pauline Head | Calgary, Alberta |
| Kelsey MacLeod | Calgary | Fraulein Morales | Edmonton |
| Marcie Veitch | Calgary | David Kirschner | St. Albert |
| Meghan Leitch | Calgary | Emergency Medicine Physician in Edmonton | Edmonton |
| Christine Kennedy | Calgary | Alex Yeung | Edmonton |
| Richard Scheirer | Edmonton | Simon Ward | Edmonton |
| Sam Chow | Edmonton | Jaspreet Khangura | Edmonton |
| Bryan Weber | Calgary | Pauline Head | Calgary |
| Fraulein Morales | Edmonton | David Kirschner | St. Albert |
| Alex Yeung | Edmonton | Andrew Battison | Canmore |
| Jeffrey Sheppard | Fort McMurray | Brandy Stauffer | Edmonton |
| Aatif Hussain | Edmonton | Alia Teja | Calgary |
| Darren Neilson | Edmonton | Winnie Sia | Edmonton |
| Sabin Shurraw | Edmonton | Nabil Mitha | Edmonton |
| Jesse Basnak | Edmonton | Selina Dobing | Edmonton |
| Anca Tapardel | Edmonton | Jennifer Ringrose | Edmonton |
| Cheryl Goldstein | Edmonton | Sarah Kwong | Edmonton |
| Arnav Agarwal | Edmonton | Epista Shome | Edmonton |
| Patricia Araneta | Edmonton | Victoria Nkunu | Edmonton |
| Sheela Vijay | Edmonton | Shiva Nandiwada | Edmonton |
| Fartoon Siad | Edmonton | Hamid Abdihalim | Edmonton |
| Lorie Kwong | Edmonton | Erinjit Toor | Edmonton |
| Gillian Ramsay | Edmonton | Jillian Walsh | Edmonton |
| Arabesque Parker | Edmonton | Andrea Robinson | Edmonton |
| Josh Butcher | Edmonton | Yiming Huang | Edmonton |
| Michal Chwalek | Edmonton | Matthew Michaleski | Edmonton |
| Rob Hayward | Edmonton | Thriza Carpenter | Edmonton |
| Hernando Leon | Edmonton | Graham Mah | Edmonton |
| Saifal Anwar | Edmonton | Anita Au | Edmonton |
| Jonathan Wong | Edmonton | John Bradley | Edmonton |
| Kim Moore | Edmonton | Finlay McAlister | Edmonton |
| Neeja Backshi | Edmonton | Meagan Lyszczyk | Edmonton |
| Peter Ao | Edmonton | Martin Baur | Edmonton |
| Vijay Daniels | Edmonton | Vasile Captan | Edmonton |
| Hesham Tarhoni | Edmonton | Tim Chan | Edmonton |
| Rith Chea | Edmonton | Jordan Marit | Edmonton |
| Harry Koonar | Calgary | Shazma Mithani | Edmonton |
| Marta Broniewska | Calgary | Stu Turner | Calgary |
| Kavita Bhanot | Edmonton | Dave Choi | Calgary |
| Alan Wilde | Lethbridge |