New Brunswick's French-language health network has fired three nurses following an investigation, which has led to a nurse shortage and forced the closure of the ER.
New Brunswick's French language health network has fired three employees from a hospital in Kent County. But as Suzanne Lapointe reports, the rural hospital was already struggling to function due to staffing shortages.New Brunswick’s French-language health network has fired three nurses following an investigation into an “incident,” which has led to a nurse shortage at the rural hospital and forced the closure of its ER.
The Nurses Association of New Brunswick told Global News there are three circumstances that require its involvement, according to the Nurses Act: Any nurse is obligated to report to NANB if they have reasonable grounds to believe that another health professional has sexually abused a patient or client.
“Sometimes things can happen in the middle of the night, especially near the area near Saint-Anne. The people have to wake up and be in a stress and go to Moncton,” resident Anne-Marie Guimond said.
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