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LHSC hoping to avoid preventable trips to the ER this Labour Day weekendWith thousands of students from Fanshawe College and Western University are set to arrive in town, the hospital networks wants folks to party safe this Labour Day weekend.HealthSep 1
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Non-urgent patients asked to avoid 2 major N.B. ERs amid ‘critical’ staff shortagesA health network in N.B. is asking people with non-life-threatening medical needs to not come to the Moncton Hospital and the Saint John Regional Hospital emergency departments.HealthAug 26
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Leaf Rapids, Man. emergency department to remain closed until further noticeLeaf Rapids Emergency Department will be closed for an unknown amount of time due to ongoing staffing issues. It was originally supposed to be a six day closure in July.CanadaAug 21
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Staff shortages to cause long waits at Health Science Centre in WinnipegShared Health sent a notice out Friday that they anticipate longer wait times for lower acuity patients at Health Science Centre's emergency department this weekend.HealthAug 20
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Man, 23, died after being left unattended for 7 hours in hospital, lawsuit claimsThe man's mother claims that her son was left in an ambulance bay for seven hours and medical staff didn't notice him going into cardiac arrest.TrendingAug 19
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Horizon Health Network launches pilot project in wake of ER deathHorizon Health Network has started a pilot project to have someone in the ER monitoring patients after a patient died while waiting for care in early July.HealthAug 5
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Northern Manitoba ER to stay closed until end of August due to staffing shortageOriginally planned for a six-day closure due to staffing issues, the Northern Health Region said the Leaf Rapids Health Centre ER will now be closed until at least Aug. 31.HealthJul 20
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You will be seen, LHSC reassures patients amid high emergency department wait timesPatients spent an average of 2.1 hours waiting for a first assessment at Ontario emergency departments in May, and waited an average of 20.1 hours to be admitted to the hospital.HealthJul 19
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Opposition calls for New Brunswick health minister’s resignation after ER deathOpposition leaders are calling for the resignation of Health Minister Dorothy Shephard and a coroner's inquest following the death of a patient in an emergency room waiting area.HealthJul 14
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Patient dies in waiting room of N.B. emergency room, eyewitness speaks outJohn Staples, who was in the waiting room of the N.B. emergency room, described the scene as a "stark and somber realization that our healthcare system is so sadly broken.”HealthJul 13
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