Carly Weeks – Globe and Mail Health Reporter – June 24, 2022
Emergency rooms are stretched beyond capacity, with some forced to close, as a result of problems that include a major shortage of health care staff, a resurgence of viruses and a lack of available beds in hospitals and long-term care.
Doctors report that most patients who require hospital admission from the emergency department are forced to wait for hours, sometimes days, on a stretcher until a bed opens up, which robs them of their dignity and adds to pressure in the emergency room.
