{"id":845086,"date":"2025-05-01T20:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T01:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/alberta-plans-to-invest-330-million-over-three-years-towards-rural-health-projects\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T20:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T01:12:17","slug":"alberta-plans-to-invest-330-million-over-three-years-towards-rural-health-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/alberta-plans-to-invest-330-million-over-three-years-towards-rural-health-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta plans to invest $330 million over three years towards rural health projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-labelledby=\"articleTitle\" data-wcm-id=\"081d4d28-a7fc-4a48-8fcc-0e794b1df3f9\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;Having a program like this in place ensures an integrated, data-driven approach to health system 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\nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/edmontonjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/health-cancer-092524-gya-9-copy.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=z7wd8tmZqlcYstvL6mHciA 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"LaGrange Alberta health Edmonton hospitals\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/edmontonjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/health-cancer-092524-gya-9-copy.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=job__gywt0k4GNeBIk0WdQ\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/edmontonjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/health-cancer-092524-gya-9-copy.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=job__gywt0k4GNeBIk0WdQ,\n                    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Evaluations would be completed later this spring, with phase one expected to be complete by fall. Projects will be considered for design and construction funding as early as 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving a program like this in place ensures an integrated, data-driven approach to health system planning,\u201d LaGrange said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how the province plans to address the existing staffing shortages in hospitals, LaGrange said upgrades to rural facilities are needed in part to attract new doctors to rural communities and to ensure they have the \u201cmost modern equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Covenant Health CEO Patrick Dumelie said the province has had \u201chuge success\u201d with rural recruitment and has reduced vacancies by roughly 42 per cent across facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is partially because of the fact that the government (has provided) resources that supported us to grow and retain our staff. But the infrastructure is equally important, both from the perspective of having space to deliver the care and it gives the kind of care environments that those people that we\u2019re recruiting into rural (communities) will be proud to serve in,\u201d Dumelie said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>The remaining $315 million of the budgeted rural health care commitment will go towards existing health care projects and programs in rural communities outside of the program. 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