To reduce pressure on overflowing emergencies, the Minister of Health, Christian Dub\u00e9, asks people with non-emergency problems to practice self-care, contact their family doctor, family medicine group (GMF) or the 811 phone line instead of going to the hospital. He noted that 28 winter clinics are open and that agreements have recently been reached with residential settings to accommodate seniors trapped in hospital due to the lack of CHSLD spaces.<\/p>\n
Emergency rooms are facing a \u201cperfect storm\u201d, says Christian Dub\u00e9: a cocktail of seasonal viruses, staff holidays (\u201cearned\u201d), a labour shortage (bigger than last year) and a lack of hospital beds with the aging population as a backdrop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To reduce pressure on overflowing emergencies, the Minister of Health, Christian Dub\u00e9, asks people with non-emergency problems to practice self-care, contact their family doctor, family medicine group (GMF) or the 811 phone line instead of going to the hospital. He noted that 28 winter clinics are open and that agreements have recently been reached with residential settings to accommodate seniors trapped in hospital due to the lack of CHSLD spaces.<\/p>\n
Emergency rooms are facing a \u201cperfect storm\u201d, says Christian Dub\u00e9: a cocktail of seasonal viruses, staff holidays (\u201cearned\u201d), a labour shortage (bigger than last year) and a lack of hospital beds with the aging population as a backdrop.<\/p>\n