Staffing shortages in emergency departments are being felt in every corner of the province.
As the pandemic and family doctor shortage overwhelms the province, many doctors and nurses in rural emergency departments are unable to keep their doors open.
In Clearwater, the most closures have been recorded with roughly 28 since the beginning of the year. Patients from this hospital are most commonly diverted to the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops. Though has not seen an ED closure as of yet, according to Milobar they are extremely short staffed and feeling the pressure.
He added that the closures are felt intensely within the community due to residents' pride in their hospital. They feel as though they really own it after Clearwater fought to have it built, he says. “I met with a doctor yesterday that told me in the last seven months, he has not had more than eight consecutive hours off,” he said.
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