Alberta Health Services intends to privatize all community labs across Alberta, despite new figures that suggest outsourcing could save far less money than originally estimated. Many, but not all, of the labs where patients walk in to get blood drawn or give fluid samples are run by Alberta Precision Laboratories, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alberta Health Services (AHS). Public health labs and laboratories in hospitals and urgent care centres would remain public, he said. Years of lab service uncertaintyThe future of lab services in Alberta has been in flux for most of the last decade. Friends of Medicare executive director Sandra Azocar said Albertans deserve to see a business case before Alberta Health Services privatizes all community lab services.

Source: CBC News June 29, 2020 12:00 UTC