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Code Blue: Emergency rooms across Canada struggle with staff shortages

August 23, 2022

Millions of Canadians are increasingly faced with fewer options for medical care, thanks to staffing shortages in health care across Canada, which have led to a cascade of ER closures, extended waiting times and even several deaths of patients who died waiting for medical care. Jamie Muraucher digs into the problem of health-care sector crisis in Canada.

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