Janet MacIntyre, clinical site chief at the QEII Emergency Department in Halifax, says that as of late Tuesday there hadn’t been an increase of patients suffering from smoke-related respiratory problems.
President and CEO Lynn Guerriero says today in a statement that the hospital network has made the decision in order to keep its three emergency departments operating in Welland, Niagara Falls and St. Catharines.
A series of letters from doctors raising alarm about the management of patient care at a Metro Vancouver hospital has placed British Columbia’s largest health authority under scrutiny.