Eighteen Red Cross staff members will begin working overnight shifts at CHEO starting this week.
The two teams of nine will work on alternating nights and serve as unit helpers throughout the hospital, freeing up CHEO staff who have taken time off from other jobs to assist. Munter said the hospital will bring in more Red Cross workers over the holiday period if needed.Article content
Munter said staff shortages are “fundamentally a math problem” at CHEO right now. The children’s hospital has added so much capacity to cope with the surge in sick patients that the staffing gap “is so significant that we are grateful for the support from others.”Article content NDP Opposition Leader Peter Tabuns said there is a “massive disconnect” between what the government says about the health system and what is happening in children’s hospitals right now.
Earlier this fall, the hospital’s chief of staff, Dr. Lindy Samson, said she had never seen anything like the severity of this surge and it scared her. She pleaded with people to begin wearing masks indoors. The hospital has been forced to cancel some surgeries and treatments.
News that the children’s hospital had asked the Red Cross for help alarmed and angered some observers.
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