The province’s proposed three year capital plan includes $11 million to continue planning and design work for a new Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton as well as $2 million for expansion planning at two other Edmonton hospitals.
Guthrie, the member for Airdrie-Cochrane, made headlines earlier this month when he wrote to cabinet colleagues, urging Health Minister Adriana LaGrange to step down from her post while the corruption allegations are investigated.
In a wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed last week, former AHS head Athana Mentzelopoulos alleges the premier’s then-chief of staff, Marshall Smith, repeatedly put pressure on her to sign deals with the Alberta Surgical Group.
LifeLabs in British Columbia says some of its more than 100 centres will be subject to rotating temporary closures starting Thursday as part of job action taken by its union workers.
The province’s independent auditor general is looking into how the health ministry and Alberta Health Services approve contracts, including for chartered surgical facilities.
