Getting access to these emergency measures in the short time frame in which they would be effective may not be realistic for someone who has just been assaulted.
Operating rooms are working at full speed to get through a backlog of surgeries from the last two COVID-19 waves, Dr. Gail Darling, head of surgery for Nova Scotia Health's central zone, said in a recent interview.
Dr. Brian Nadler was initially charged with first-degree murder last year in the death of 89-year-old Albert Poidinger at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital.
Among the college's proposals was allowing internationally trained nurses to be temporarily registered while they go through the process of full registration, such as completing education and an exam.
'I'm very scared. I'm watching my back right now,' said Ramzy Shaker, who was beaten while buying a coffee —dressed in his pharmacist's uniform—before the start of his shift.
