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Alberta spending $7.5 million to put involuntary treatment rooms in hospitals

Plan could put strain on resources: critics

Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

17 Mar 2026 • 4 min read

A hospital hallway with a yellow waste bin on a wall with surgical gloves above it.
Acute care psychiatric beds in hospitals in Edmonton, Calgary, Grande Prairie and other Alberta cities will be set aside for use with the province's compassionate intervention act. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh)

Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Brett McKay is an Edmonton-based reporter specializing in investigative and data-driven stories. His work has appeared in The Tyee, APTN, The Breach, CTV News and Great West Media.

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