A paramedic back to work after Alberta Health Services (AHS) dropped its vaccine requirement for existing workers last week is calling the situation “a victory with losses.” King is a primary care paramedic serving communities east of Edmonton. After ten years on the job, she was forced onto unpaid leave in December after refusing to comply with the AHS vaccine mandate and having her religious exemption request denied.
“We’ve forced Alberta Health Services to admit that what they were doing was not only ridiculous but wrong,” Kate King told True North. “But for people trying to get into AHS, they still have to get the shot or give up on their profession.”
“I have a friend who said that when she was let go in December, it was a hostile environment – absolutely hostile. She was seen as the enemy, the person who was trying to kill the world, everything else. She got death threats, and everything else was brutal.”
“Now, coming back, no one wants to talk about it. It’s like an abusive relationship. Everyone’s walking on eggshells, and no one wants to talk about it. I don’t know if as time goes on anything changes.”
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