Alberta asks trauma-informed physicians to participate for Pope’s visit next month
Posted Jun 26, 2022 10:08 am.
Last Updated Jun 26, 2022 2:47 pm.
Alberta’s health delivery agency says it has reached out to “trauma-informed physicians” to provide support to Indigenous people who may be triggered by the Pope’s visit next month.
AHS has reached out to trauma-informed physicians to provide supports to Indigenous peoples who may be triggered by the Pope’s visit next month. They will be compensated for their involvement.
— Alberta Health Services (@AHS_media) June 25, 2022
In a series of tweets, Alberta Health Services says it is committed to providing care to all attendees of the Papal visit, including the Indigenous survivors and their families, to who the Pope will be addressed.
The Pontiff’s visit will start in Edmonton on July 24 and end in Iqaluit on July 29, and his itinerary includes a stop at the site of a former residential school in Maskwacis south of Edmonton.
More to come…
