The Calgary Health Region has the remedy for disaster with its unprecedented plan for the G-8 summit.
Outlining their strategy at yesterday's health board meeting, CHR G-8 officials said they are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best.
But bracing for everything from responding to heart attacks or mass casualties from a violent protest attack, G-8 health officials also noted only two people were admitted to hospital during violent protests at last year's Summit of the Americas in Quebec.
"We will be prepared to do whatever it takes in order to continue to provide the citizens of our region with health care," said CHR vice-president of capital development and former Olympic organizer Bob Holmes.
"I'd like to think that, at the end of it, our biggest problem will be boredom."
Meanwhile, the University of Calgary office for G-8 activities and the Students' Union hosted a forum yesterday to give students and security officials the opportunity to talk.
Calgary police Insp. John Middleton-Hope told the gathering they want to work with protesters to avoid violent clashes.
"We want to have open discussions so protesters know police on a personal level," Middleton-Hope said. "Hopefully that will result in measured reactions on both sides."
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