Hours of emergency departments have been cut by health authorities across Canada
have cut the hours of hospital emergency departments and urgent care clinics in recent weeks, a move that in some cases may extend through the summer, due to a surge in patients and staff shortages.among adults and children and a push by others to seek care delayed by the pandemic, and exacerbated by the high number of healthcare workers who are sick or burned out.
“It’s like the four horsemen of the apocalypse all descending on us in health care at once,” said Alan Drummond, a family and emergency physician based in the town, which is home to about 6,000 people. ‘So many things to look forward to’: Canada’s governor-general thanks Canadians’ efforts in COVID-19 pandemic
Hospitals in Quebec, the country’s second-largest province, New Brunswick and Manitoba also have partially shut departments or temporarily cut hours for anywhere from a couple of weeks to a number of months, according to statements from the hospitals.In Kingston, Ontario, the Hotel Dieu Hospital’s Urgent Care Clinic reduced its hours over the Canada Day long weekend.
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