Staffing shortages have led to ER closures across B.C. Last week, a Lions Gate patient died after lying in the waiting room for three days.
However, health officials here were tight-lipped this week about the North Vancouver case and, more broadly, what solutions are needed to address the staff shortages.Article content
There was initially no indication that she needed to be put on a heart-monitoring machine, but in the mid-afternoon of July 11 she was found unresponsive — having never made it out of the overcrowded waiting room. The nurse asked that her name be protected so she does not get into trouble at work for speaking out.
This type of death in the waiting room is unusual, the nurse said, but it’s unfortunately not the first time it has happened at Lions Gate. She blames a chronic staff shortage. “The moral distress of that waiting room, the list of things that you could not do, is gut wrenching.”assessed by a physician and received care from staff at Lions Gate,” but provided no specifics.Article content
“We have heard from nurses at Lions Gate Hospital, talking about a morally distressing situation that took place there and saying that the emergency department there is in crisis,” she said.
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