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Dec 6, 2023 · Dec. 5, 2023 | Ontario has hit an all-time high number of emergency room closures, and two people died in a Quebec ER while waiting for care. The fight to bl...
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Jun 24, 2023 · Emergency rooms across Canada are facing a growing crisis — staffing shortages, burnout, worsening wait-times, closures, a lack of adequate funding and a surge of patients seeking...
Jun 19, 2023 · An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal argues that emergency rooms will continue to be in crisis for the foreseeable future unless a system-wide response to staff shortages...
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Jan 14, 2024 · ER doctors say this season is the worst they’ve ever seen, and are now calling for real action to fix the crisis plaguing Canada’s health-care system.
Feb 12, 2023 · Health-care networks across Canada are at a breaking point, leaving patients and practitioners wondering what policies could fix the system. ...more.
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Jan 11, 2024 · The Canadian Medical Association is calling on provinces and territories to rebuild the health-care system to provide more access for patients amid reports of overflowing emergency rooms...
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Jun 26, 2023 · Emergency rooms across Canada are facing a growing crisis — staffing shortages, burnout, worsening wait-times, closures, a lack of adequate funding and a surge of patients seeking urgent care, all threatening to overwhelm a system on the brink of collapse.