{"id":57918,"date":"2023-08-19T04:04:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T02:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/failed-lab-services-privatization-experiment-shows-profits-dont-belong-in-alberta-health-care\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T04:04:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T02:04:21","slug":"failed-lab-services-privatization-experiment-shows-profits-dont-belong-in-alberta-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/failed-lab-services-privatization-experiment-shows-profits-dont-belong-in-alberta-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Failed Lab Services Privatization Experiment Shows Profits Don\u2019t Belong in Alberta Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>CALGARY, Alberta&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;The Alberta government announced today that medical laboratory services provided by DynaLIFE will be transferred back to Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL), a subsidiary of publicly owned Alberta Health Services (AHS). DynaLIFE\u2019s message to all staff stated, \u201cThis transition to AHS will allow resources to be more effectively deployed across the province, enhancing patient care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20230818907613\/en\/837781\/5\/CUPE_LOGO_VERY_GOOD.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20230818907613\/en\/837781\/21\/CUPE_LOGO_VERY_GOOD.jpg\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20230818907613\/en\/837781\/5\/CUPE_LOGO_VERY_GOOD.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20230818907613\/en\/837781\/22\/CUPE_LOGO_VERY_GOOD.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThis is a victory for public health care and a serious indictment of experiments in privatizing our public services,\u201d said CUPE Alberta Division President Rory Gill. \u201cWhen politicians turn our health care system into a profit-making venture for corporations, they spend as little as possible on front-line services to ensure their shareholders make money. The result is that patient care suffers. Lab services are returning to where they belong\u2014under the umbrella of public health care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nCUPE Local 8 represents drivers who transport lab samples across southern Alberta for DynaLIFE. These workers have been through multiple changes of employers in recent years, from Calgary Laboratory Services to DynaLIFE to Alberta Public Laboratories (later renamed Alberta Precision Laboratories), back to DynaLIFE again, and now back under APL.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThese drivers are providing a life-saving services to Albertans as they transport vital lab samples across southern Alberta,\u201d said Kelly Spence, President of CUPE Local 8. \u201cThey are simply trying to do their jobs, and they don\u2019t deserve the chaos they\u2019ve been put through by the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nJF\/meaa\/COPE 491<\/p>\n<p> <b>Contacts<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\nFor more information:<br \/>\n<br \/>Joel French, CUPE National Communications Representative (acting)<br \/>\n<br \/>Canadian Union of Public Employees<br \/>\n<br \/>780-893-9379<br \/>\n<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#58;&#106;&#102;&#114;ench&#x40;&#x63;&#x75;&#x70;&#x65;&#x2e;&#99;&#97;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" shape=\"rect\">&#106;&#x66;r&#101;&#x6e;c&#104;&#x40;c&#x75;&#x70;&#101;&#x2e;c&#97;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY, Alberta&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;The Alberta government announced today that medical laboratory services provided by DynaLIFE will be transferred back to Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL), a subsidiary of publicly owned Alberta Health Services (AHS). DynaLIFE\u2019s message to all staff stated, \u201cThis transition to AHS will allow resources to be more effectively deployed across the province, enhancing patient &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/failed-lab-services-privatization-experiment-shows-profits-dont-belong-in-alberta-health-care\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-business","4":"post-57918","6":"format-standard","7":"category-industry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Failed Lab Services Privatization Experiment Shows Profits Don\u2019t Belong in Alberta Health Care - Pharma Trend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pharma-trend.com\/en\/failed-lab-services-privatization-experiment-shows-profits-dont-belong-in-alberta-health-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Failed Lab Services Privatization Experiment Shows Profits Don\u2019t Belong in Alberta Health Care - Pharma Trend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CALGARY, Alberta&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;The Alberta government announced today that medical laboratory services provided by DynaLIFE will be transferred back to Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL), a subsidiary of publicly owned Alberta Health Services (AHS). 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