Mary Wilson
Well-known member
Jul 06, 2022 • 9 hours ago
Jordan Omstead
TORONTO — The recent temporary closures of two Ontario emergency rooms and consolidation of staff at another have renewed concerns over the province’s health-care worker shortage, with doctors and nurses calling on the government to tackle the problem.
A hospital in Clinton, Ont., temporarily closed its emergency department Saturday through Monday and a Kingston, Ont., hospital reduced its urgent care centre hours over the weekend to consolidate staff at its ER, with both facilities citing physician and nurse shortages for the moves.
In Perth, Ont., the local site of the Perth and Smith Falls District Hospital closed its emergency room on Saturday, with a plan to keep it shut until Thursday as staff who are already stretched thin contend with an outbreak of COVID-19.
“It’s unprecedented for our community,” Dr. Alan Drummond, an emergency physician at the Perth hospital, said in an interview.
... The Perth hospital has seen its emergency room nurses drop from 15 to five in the last several months, said Drummond...
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Jordan Omstead
TORONTO — The recent temporary closures of two Ontario emergency rooms and consolidation of staff at another have renewed concerns over the province’s health-care worker shortage, with doctors and nurses calling on the government to tackle the problem.
A hospital in Clinton, Ont., temporarily closed its emergency department Saturday through Monday and a Kingston, Ont., hospital reduced its urgent care centre hours over the weekend to consolidate staff at its ER, with both facilities citing physician and nurse shortages for the moves.
In Perth, Ont., the local site of the Perth and Smith Falls District Hospital closed its emergency room on Saturday, with a plan to keep it shut until Thursday as staff who are already stretched thin contend with an outbreak of COVID-19.
“It’s unprecedented for our community,” Dr. Alan Drummond, an emergency physician at the Perth hospital, said in an interview.
... The Perth hospital has seen its emergency room nurses drop from 15 to five in the last several months, said Drummond...
https://ottawacitizen.com/pmn/news-...=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1657148866