Dr. Raj Sherman listed seven recommendations, the majority of which he said would help alleviate the strain of alternative level of care patients.

The former chair of an Alberta agency that conducts health care research says the province is failing to discharge and transfer hospital patients in a timely manner, increasing safety risks to those who require emergency care.

Raj Sherman, who was appointed as chair of Health Quality Alberta by Premier Danielle Smith last June, resigned last month after serving one year of a three-year term. In his resignation letter, obtained by The Globe and Mail, Dr. Sherman said he is retiring before becoming a grandfather.

He also said, in the Aug. 15 letter addressed to Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services, that Alberta

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