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AHS: No interruption of care at Pincher Creek Health Centre

Alberta Health Services (AHS) says locum (temporary) doctors will be covering off shifts in August at the Pincher Creek Hospital.

Some doctors in that town had indicated they wouldn’t be available for shifts in August because of vacation and other reasons however, AHS say it’s been able to find temporary physicians to cover all shifts in Pincher.

South Zone Medical Director, Dr. Michael Auld says it’s always the goal of AHS to keep the site operating as normal, and to ensure all patients receive safe and stable care. “The hospital is an important part of the community, and we value the care physicians and staff provide”

As of Wednesday (July 29) doctors in Pincher Creek have indicated they will cover off any shifts not covered by the temporary physicians, meaning there will be full coverage next month.

Alberta Health Services also notes there are no plans for a reduction of services or staff at the Pincher Creek Health Centre.

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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