Alberta doctors call for action on health care as premiers meet this week

Doctors from Alberta and across the country are calling for action on key health-care reforms as the premiers gather in Winnipeg this week.

Doctors from Alberta and across the country are calling for action on key health-care reforms as the premiers gather in Winnipeg this week.

The Council of the Federation meeting runs until Wednesday and health care is on the agenda.

"The state of health care in Alberta is abysmal. It's crumbling," said Dr. Fredrykka Rinaldi, president of the Alberta Medical Association.

"Community family medicine is stretched to the limit. Practices are closing. They're moving to other provinces. They're changing to different kinds of specialty practices."