Alberta Hospital Town Hall
It was standing room only at 27 January’s Town Hall for Alberta Hospital. About 300 people attended the event to listen to presentations by Alberta Hospital Edmonton psychiatrist Dr. Krista Leicht, University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing Professor Donna Wilson, Vancouver Police Sgt. Fiona Wilson-Bates (author of a 2008 report on the effect of inadequate mental health services on policing in Vancouver), and AUPE President Guy Smith. The meeting stressed the need to redevelop Alberta Hospital Edmonton as part of a new provincial mental health plan, and discussed the removal of over 100 long-term care beds from the system by re-purposing Villa Caritas for geriatric patients from Alberta Hospital.