We saw the wait times at the U of A (WMC) and Royal Alex drop to 30 minutes for the first time in literally years because they were turning away emergency patients to other facilities. It's documented here: https://erwaits.popab.ca/ This was only because they stopped admitting patients in anticipation of this inbound mass casualty. It begs the question: what would have happened if an apartment fire in Queen Mary Park had happened at the same time? Would the Royal Alex have had the capacity to take that on too? What if there was a gas leak? What if a bus was struck like in Calgary this week? Would we have had the capacity to take on this on top of the horrific tragedy at CFB Wainwright? This is why hospitals should NOT be running at 100%.