Staff shortages at Surrey Memorial Hospital prompt some emergency doctors to note conditions on patient charts

Concerns over staff shortages have prompted most emergency room doctors at Surrey Memorial hospital to add a note to patient charts that “Our Emergency Department is dangerously congested, and appropriate monitoring and staffing ratios are not being achieved.” The practice lasted until late April when Fraser Health told them to stop. Kamil Karamali reports.

• ‘Substandard conditions’ among concerns Surrey ER doctors noted in patient charts