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Opioid-related fatalities in Alberta decreased 31 per cent in March 2022 since peaking in December 2021. 

Minister of Health Jason Copping issued the following statement on Brain Injury Awareness Month:   

An $81-million increase in home care funding will pay for one million more hours of care in 2022-23, and new contracting approaches will keep more clients living in their own homes.

Beginning Dec. 5, DynaLIFE Medical Labs will provide community and non-urgent hospital lab services in communities throughout Alberta.

Enoch Cree Nation will offer thousands of publicly funded orthopedic surgeries in a new chartered surgical facility, joining in the priority work to drive down surgical wait times.

Budget 2022 provides an additional $1.6 million to continue the provincial rollout of HealthIM, a digital tool to support police when responding to mental health crisis calls. 

More patients will benefit from a state-of-the-art neurosciences intensive care unit (neuro ICU) and more than double the number of current ICU spaces at the University of Alberta Hospital Brain Centre.

Minister of Health Jason Copping issued the following statement on Alberta Rural Health Week:

Minister of Health Jason Copping issued the following statement on World Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month:

Restaurants, bars and coffee shops can now welcome customers’ dogs on their patios without approval from Alberta Health Services.