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Doctor says Port Hardy ER should be reopen 24/7
The head of a Port Hardy health centre is calling for the reopening of the community's overnight emergency room that has been shut for 31 months.
#health #hospital #emergency #PortHardy #ERclosures
https://globalnews.ca/news/11356591/doctor-says-port-hardy-er-should-be-reopen-24-7/

Nova Scotia reports 35 per cent drop in emergency room closures
A new provincial report says that between April 2023 and the end of March 2024, ERs were closed for 51,552 hours.
#emergency #healthcare #report #NovaScotia #Health #ERclosures
https://globalnews.ca/news/10948801/ns-report-drop-er-closures/

B.C. First Nation creates own emergency health team amid repeated Lillooet ER closures
T'itq'et First Nations members have taken matters into their own hands, forming their own emergency health response team in the wake of repeated ER closures.
#globalnews #Health #ERclosures #Indigenous #Lillooet
https://globalnews.ca/news/10872037/lillooet-first-nation-er-closure-health-team/

#Merrit #ER expecting 30 closures over the next 3 months: mayor https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/10/02/merrit-er-30-closures-3-months-mayor/ “Mayor Mike Goetz says he knows of a health-care worker with unofficial documentation that shows the total number of #ERclosures for this year is set to jump to around 46, from 19 last year.

“We are looking at significant closures over the next three months, close to 30, and we need to know what we, as a community, can do to help with this.” #RuralHealth

Frustration mounts over repeated E.R. closures across B.C. interior
While many are calling the emergency room situation 'intolerable,' British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix said 'everything possible' is being done to fix it.
#globalnews #Health #Politics #BCpolitics #ERclosures
https://globalnews.ca/news/10729561/b-c-er-closures-health/

More emergency rooms closed in B.C. over weekend due to staffing shortages
Meanwhile, the mayor of one community on Haida Gwaii says the Northern Health Authority's funding should be questioned due to multiple ER closures.
#globalnews #Health #BCERclosures #ERclosures
https://globalnews.ca/news/10705190/emergency-rooms-closed-bc-weekend/

Health professionals urge B.C. to stop investing in the #LNG industry https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/08/13/lng-industry-worsening-healthcare/ “the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (#CAPE) and the Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment (CANE) say the LNG industry is increasing the health costs of climate change, worsening #PhysicianShortages and #ERClosures, and incurring high social costs. It says fracking has direct local health impacts, and natural-gas-powered homes increase #healthcare costs across B.C.”

Despite staffing incentives, Masset, B.C., ER closures continue | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/masset-er-closures-haida-gwaii-1.7290481 “Despite several incentives by the Ministry of Health to attract #HealthCareWorkers into rural communities in B.C., the Northern #HaidaGwaii Hospital in #Masset, B.C., continues to shut its doors, with 17 #ERclosures this past July alone.” #RuralHealth

Another emergency room closed in B.C. due to lack of staffing
The emergency room at Lillooet Hospital will be closed from 7 a.m. on Monday until 8 a.m. on Tuesday. It is the latest in a list of closures across B.C.
#globalnews #Health #BCERclosures #ERclosures
https://globalnews.ca/news/10681790/bc-emergency-room-closed-lack-staff/

‘Can’t take it anymore’: #InteriorHealth #ERclosures prompt call for internal audit #RuralHealth https://globalnews.ca/news/10651506/bc-hospital-emergency-room-closures-audit/ “Every day, residents in several B.C. communities wait with bated breath for four o’clock.

It’s the dreaded time when they learn whether their local emergency department will be temporarily closed, sometimes for days. (1/4)

Rallies call attention to ER closures plaguing northern B.C. | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/er-closures-bc-july-1.7279473

“Protesters in #northeasternBC. this week are calling on the province to stop persistent #ERclosures, something that the health minister says is a big priority for his government.

Earlier this month, #FortStJohn Hospital was closed for five nights in one week. It is the largest city in northeast B.C. and has 28,000 residents. (1/2)

City of #Merritt bills #Province for #ERclosures - Merritt Herald https://www.merrittherald.com/city-of-merritt-bills-province-for-er-closures/ “Merritt Mayor sends bill to Province and letter to Premier in response to emergency room closures.

Merritt Mayor Mike Goetz
has sent an invoice to the tune of $103,831.87 to the Province of #BritishColumbia and a letter to Premier #DavidEby following many emergency room closures. (1/2)

#ERclosures

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