BLEEDING RED INK
At one time, the public could see financial results for at least some of Alberta's individual hospitals. After the practice stopped Postmedia started asking Alberta Health Services for the information. We received eight years of budget and spending figures for 86 health institutions around the province, and put the information into a database. This is what our analysis found. For more detailed information about each hospital, see the story online at edmontonjournal.com.
On average, over the last eight years AHS had 62 86 of hospitals post a deficit annually.