Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks during a news conference in Calgary on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

By Eli J. Ridder

HEALTH CARE

Alberta working on agreement to send Turkish pain medication to Ukraine: Smith

Mar 7, 2025 | 2:36 PM

Premier Danielle Smith says her government is working on a deal to send scores of its controversial stash of unused children’s pain medication to Ukraine.

Smith says a group approached the government with the idea and the province is now looking for Health Canada approval.

The government paid $70 million to MHCare Medical for the medication in 2022 during a countrywide shortage.

Alberta only received about 30 per cent of the shipment and the company that provided it is now embroiled in a provincial contracting scandal.

Alberta has been sitting on 1.4 million bottles of the medication after officials determined in 2023 that it posed serious health risks when given to infants.

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