emergency room closures

Amidst a perfect storm of staffing shortages, escalating burnout rates and upcoming summer vacation time, Canada’s health-care system is grappling with a mounting crisis that may lead to longer patient wait times and more emergency…

Doctors, nurses, patients and their advocates are calling it a crisis. Health-care systems across Canada are facing significant pressures, thanks to a perfect storm of challenges that have resulted in emergency room closures and…

With surging demand forcing emergency room closures across the country, front-line physicians say more immediate help is needed before things get worse. Dr. Raghu Venugopal, an emergency room physician in Toronto, says he believes the…