Montreal emergency room doctors say a shortage of healthcare workers that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic is leaving emergency rooms overwhelmed in the eastern part of the city.
The Lorraine Elizabeth Brownrigg ICU is situation strategically between the hospital’s operating rooms and emergency department, and just across from diagnostic imaging.
The salary rollback proposed by Health Minister Travis Toews and Alberta Health Services is part of ongoing contract negotiations with the union that represents about 30,000 public-sector nurses.
