Health Link Alberta
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Health Link Alberta is a free service. You can phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can get health information and advice.
Talk to a nurse
Registered nurses (RNs) answer the phones. You can ask questions about the flu. For example:
- You can describe symptoms. Then ask what to do.
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Help in other languages
Health Link Alberta has interpreters. They speak different languages. An interpreter can be on the phone with you and the nurse.
- Call Health Link Alberta. Say:
“I speak _________. I need an interpreter.”
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Call Health Link Alberta
In Calgary, 943-5465
In Edmonton, 408-5465
Outside Edmonton and Calgary,
1-866-408-5465 (free)
- Sometimes you have to wait a few minutes to talk to the nurse. Sometimes you have to leave a message, and the nurse calls you back.
- Your call is confidential. This means the nurse will not tell anyone what you say.