Alberta's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw (Photo: Government of Alberta)
High rate of no shows
Alberta shifting to appointment only COVID-19 testing at assessment sites
Oct 13, 2020 | 5:57 PM
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EDMONTON – Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says the province will change the way COVID-19 is tested to make it more efficient as cases continue to rise.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw says, starting Wednesday, testing at Alberta Health Services assessment centres will be done by appointment only.
She says that will make testing quicker and reduce crowding in lines.
Hinshaw added this is also due to the fact that assessment centres are seeing a high number of no shows for appointments. She said that in Calgary over the long weekend, 14 per cent of appointments did not show up for their scheduled test.
