Montreal health authorities report a rise in homeless individuals using emergency rooms as shelter from the cold. Hospitals like the CHUM and McGill University Health Centre are seeing an increase, deploying more social workers and security to assist. Shelters are at capacity, leaving many with no alternative but to seek warmth in ERs.
MONTREAL — Montreal health authorities say a growing number of people experiencing homelessness are taking refuge in the city’s emergency rooms to stay out of the freezing cold.
The CHUM and the McGill University Health Centre say they have deployed more social workers and security to assist homeless people.
HOMELESSNESS WINTER HEALTH EMERGENCY ROOMS SHELTERS
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