Quebec is short nearly 8,000 more health workers than last summer, prompting the Health Ministry to partially close six emergency rooms and reduce services in some neonatal units.
The minister said the government is also trying to allow more health workers to go on vacation over the summer, as many have had to work throughout the past two years of the pandemic with little time off.
"How many people will come up against closed doors in Quebec emergency rooms this summer? Is the CAQ proud of its health record?" Marissal said in a statement.Dubé's announcement comes weeks after dozens of Quebec emergency room doctors denounced the plan to close emergency room beds to compensate for staff vacations.
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé said it is going to be a 'difficult' summer in health care, as the province's network is short nearly 60,000 workers.
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