Emergency Departments
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LHSC Children’s Hospital expands pediatric critical care unit amid holiday season surgeAccording to the Children's Hospital at LHSC, the paediatric critical care unit (PCCU) expanded by 60 per cent to manage increased patient volumes as of Tuesday.HealthDec 22, 2022
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LHSC expands COVID-19 assessment centre to treat cold and fluDone in collaboration with the Middlesex London Ontario Heath Team, the move is effective immediately and the centre is now called the COVID, Cold and Flu Care Clinic.HealthDec 9, 2022
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Average wait time at IWK children’s hospital 6 hours: senior N.S. health officialsBetween Oct. 1 and Nov. 23, the average wait for a child to see a doctor at the IWK hospital was nearly six hours.CanadaNov 28, 2022
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Ford government asks primary care doctors to work at ‘full capacity,’ extend hoursA recent memo called on primary care doctors to "offer clinical services seven days a week, including evening availability, until further notice."HealthNov 23, 2022
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N.B. emergency room in rural community to close overnight: health authorityThe Sussex Health Centre will begin closing its emergency department from 8:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. on a daily basis, temporarily, as the health authority deals with staff shortages.HealthSep 6, 2022
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Alberta patients experience ‘very long’ wait times for care in emergency departments: AMA surveyA survey released Friday by the Alberta Medical Association takes a closer look at how patients feel about the state of emergency care in the province.HealthJul 22, 2022
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Health authorities across Canada cut hours of emergency departmentsHealth authorities across Canada have cut the hours of hospital emergency departments and urgent care clinics in recent weeks, a move that may extend through the summer.CanadaJul 3, 2022
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Veteran ER doctor in N.S. says Omicron has ‘overloaded’ already fragile systemDr. Kirk Magee said the latest wave of COVID-19 has met "a health-care system that was already fragile and with Omicron, the wheels have really fallen off it."HealthJan 10, 2022
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Nurse shortages lead to emergency room bed closures in Alberta: doctor, unionThe nurses' union said there are more than a dozen hospitals across Alberta that have recently had to close multiple ER beds.HealthJul 11, 2021
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Saskatchewan announces $30M to build urgent care centres in Regina and SaskatoonSaskatchewan Health Minister Jim Reiter said urgent care centres in Regina and Saskatoon will ease pressure on emergency rooms.HealthSep 21, 2020
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