Only 3 of 16 nurses are working this week in Cross Lake's nursing station.
Pimicikamak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba declared a state of emergency Friday afternoon, owing to a nursing shortage leaders in the community described as a crisis.Officials say a nursing shortage in Pimicikamak Cree Nation didn't happen overnight, but that the four nurses working in the northern Manitoba community are reaching a breaking point.
"For people that don't know Cross Lake, where we're located, we are an isolated community and we don't have the other services," said Helga Hamilton, the health director for the community, which is about 550 kilometres north of Winnipeg. The shortage of nurses is not something that happened overnight, said Hamilton, but has now reached a point where it's critical.Pimicikamak Cree Nation worries it won't have enough staff to run new health centre
Monias also said the First Nation needs its nurses and doctors so community members can get necessary care. Hamilton also said physicians fall under the province's jurisdiction while nurses fall under the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, which is part of Indigenous Services Canada.Pimicikamak band Coun. Donnie McKay, who oversees the health portfolio for the band, said the community has always been short of nurses.
"We don't blame the nurses and they're overtired, they're stressed out, they cannot keep up with the clients coming into the nursing station. Things are bound to happen."
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