Lack of nurses leads to ER closures in Canada

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 12, 2022 12:12 am

OTTAWA: An acute nursing shortage is clogging or even closing hospital emergency rooms across Canada, pushing an already stressed national health system to the brink with potentially severe consequences for patient care.

Burnout from the coronavirus pandemic, abuse from patients and salary discontent have seen nursing staff quitting their jobs in droves, and experts say the situation is only likely to worsen.

SICK AND TIRED A nurse holds her head in exhaustion as her colleagues care for patients suffering from the coronavirus at Humber River Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit in the city of Toronto, Ontario province, southern Canada on April 28, 2021. AFP FILE PHOTO

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