Lethbridge doctor becomes seventh Alberta health-care worker to die from COVID-19
Posted Apr 15, 2021 2:40 pm.
Last Updated Apr 15, 2021 2:41 pm.
LETHBRIDGE – The Alberta Medical Association says a Lethbridge physician has died from complications related to COVID-19.
Dr. Wayne John Edwards, who was 66, died Tuesday at the Chinook Regional Hospital in the southern Alberta city.
Please call the AMA's Physician and Family Support Program at 1-877-767-4637 if you need to speak with someone. PFSP offers confidential support 24/7/365 to physicians, resident physicians and medical students, as well as their immediate family members.
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His death was confirmed by Alberta Health.
Spokesman Tom McMillan says the source of exposure in the death is unknown.
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The most recent statistics from Alberta Health show Edwards was the seventh health-care worker in the province to die from COVID-19.
