“A closure of an emergency ward is critical. It’s a critical piece of the hospital care system.”
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In Huron County, emergency rooms in Clinton, Ont., and Seaforth, Ont., were to shut their doors on Monday and Tuesday night. “In 10 years, we could look back and say, ‘Wow, this destroyed rural Ontario’s health system,’ ” he said. But, he said, with no foreseeable end to staffing shortages and in order to support remaining workers, local hospitals are venturing into a “new norm.”
“I want to see a plan of where they’re going to put these people and where these people are going to come from,” said Jim Aitcheson, the county warden, referring to health-care workers. “Sooner or later, it’s going to have to be a topic of discussion. And I hope that’s sooner than later.”Article content
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