“Temporary” overnight shutdowns of Port Hardy and Cormorant Island Health Centre emergency departments have been in place for almost two years
Almost two years into a “temporary” overnight shutdown of Port Hardy and Cormorant Island Health Centre emergency departments, there is no immediate plan to reopen and what doctors have called a crisis in rural emergency care has only grown.
Under the plan implemented at that point, Port McNeill Hospital, about 40 kilometres from Port Hardy, would be the only acute-care hospital ER in the region open 24 hours a day. ER services would be available from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Port Hardy’s hospital and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Cormorant Island
Corbett-Labatt believes Osborne will deliver. “We’re getting more doctors, and it looks like more doctors are going to be coming in the spring,” she said. “And the doctors in Port McNeill have been absolutely amazing.” “I think there’s a little light at the end of the tunnel in that there’s a few more doctors that have been attracted to the area,” said Furney, “but we are struggling again on the retention of nurses and we’ve got a high turnover of travel nurses.”
“I’m very confident that the small-town lens that has been missing is going to be firmly in place with Josie’s appointment there,” said Furney. “So I think there’s great excitement for her appointment.” The situation is complex and regularly evaluated, but health-care-worker-to-patient ratios remain a concern, said Kernick, who is president of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians.
ER physician shortages and burnout are also issues, as are Urgent and Primary Care Centres, said Kernick.
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