Alberta Premier Danielle Smith suggested that long wait times for medically necessary lab tests provided by private health-care organization DynaLife have led to consumer complaints and could result in changes.
“I’m hearing that all over, that DynaLife has not met performance expectations,” Smith said in response to a caller to her bi-weekly radio show, “Your Province, Your Premier,” on June 10.
In June 2022, under then-Premier Jason Kenney, DynaLife was contracted to take over laboratory testing from Alberta Precision Laboratories, and expanded from its original operations in Edmonton to various cities and towns all over the province. At the time, the government estimated the move would save the province $18 million to $36 million….