Riverside Medical

01/20/2026

Tuesday January 20th, The available Riverside Medical team is seeing ALL booked patients and ALL walk-in patients from 9:00 until 16:30 except between 11:30 and 13:00. Staff will not predict wait times so do not ask.

01/19/2026

Monday January 19th, Dr. Ram is on call in the Emerg for the next 24hrs. The available Riverside Medical team is seeing ALL booked patients and ALL walk-in patients from 13:00 until 16:30. Extended Hours walk in will be from 17:00 to 19:00
Staff will not predict wait times so do not ask.

01/16/2026

Here’s the etransfer link if you care to donate to Dr Rithesh Ram or Ashleigh Fournier NP students bail!

01/16/2026

01/16/2026

01/16/2026

HELP! Dr Ram has been arrested for illegible handwriting causing undue stress on his staff! And our NP student has been arrested for being her awesome self. If you want them back in clinic to look after your healthcare needs next week, please contact Drumheller Legion and donate to help post his bail. See the photo here if you want to etransfer in Dr Rithesh Rams name or Ashleigh Fournier NP student.

01/16/2026

Friday January 16th, The available Riverside Medical team is seeing ALL booked patients and ALL walk-in patients from 9:00 until 11:30. Staff will not predict wait times so do not ask. There will be no walk-in in the afternoon due to physician's being out of office. Have a good weekend!

01/16/2026

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Lately there’s been a lot of talk about how “money alone won’t fix primary care.”

And it’s true - culture matters. We need to shift public understanding of what the system costs, when to seek care, and why prevention is worth it.

But here’s the problem: we can’t dismiss money as part of the solution.

Right now in Alberta, less than 10% of the healthcare budget goes to prevention and primary care. Over 90% is spent on consequences.

Examples such as:
➡️ Patients ignoring diabetes until they’re admitted to hospital in crisis.
➡️ Conditions left unmanaged until they cost tens of thousands more in acute care.

It doesn’t take many cases like this to skew the system - and it’s exactly why our budgets look the way they do.

If we’re serious about saving primary care, we need to do two things at once:
✔️ Shift dollars toward prevention and primary care.
✔️ Educate and empower the public on the value of using it.

Because without that first step - reallocating dollars to primary care - the rest is just talk.

👉 What do you think: if you had to re-balance the healthcare budget, where would you start?
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Pragmatic about Alberta’s healthcare challenges.
Relentless about fixing what’s broken - to make medicine more honest, human, and sustainable.
Rural Generalist Doctor | Educator | Advocate

Danielle Smith
Adriana LaGrange
Nate Horner

01/15/2026

Thursday January 15th, The available Riverside Medical team is seeing ALL booked patients and ALL walk-in patients from 9:00 until 16:30 except between 11:30 and 13:00. Staff will not predict wait times so do not ask.

01/14/2026

Wednesday January 14th, The available Riverside Medical team is seeing ALL booked patients and ALL walk-in patients from 9:00 until 16:30 except between 11:30 and 13:00. Staff will not predict wait times so do not ask.

01/14/2026

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