‘Mind boggling’: ERs big and small across Canada struggle amid staffing crisis
WATCH: Millions of Canadians are increasingly faced with fewer options for medical care, thanks to staffing shortages in health care across Canada, which have led to a cascade of ER closures, extended waiting times and even several deaths of patients who died waiting for medical care. Jamie Muraucher digs into the problem of health-care sector crisis in Canada.
“I’m sitting around with all these people knowing I am COVID positive, and that really concerned me,” she said.“I was quickly told that the wait would be probably 16 to 20 hours or longer.” Health worker shortages have also closed the emergency room at Western Hospital multiple times this summer, most often during weekends, leaving the thousands of people who live west of Summerside with no option but to drive to Summerside or Charlottetown if they need urgent medical care or hope an ambulance is staffed and available to respond.Jason Woodbury, president of the union that represents paramedics in P.E.I.
In July, the QEH was forced to activate Code Orange protocols — normally activated after a major disaster or unexpected influx of patients — after a single-car crash involving just four people, due to the high number of patients already in the hospital’s emergency department at the time.
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