Crowded emergency: Nursing staff on “sit-in” at Anna-Laberge Hospital

In an interview with TVA Nouvelles, the latter explains how the current conditions of the establishment are unfavorable for the staff.

“It means shortage of staff [les infirmières] Unable to provide adequate care. Nurses have a very heavy patient load. It’s like cutting corners because if they want to help all patients, there are things that aren’t done,” he says.

“On the Labor front, again, there is a big problem.”

The hospital management has taken steps to rectify the situation. In particular, she admitted that 10 patients in the emergency room went upstairs for emergency relief.

The Communications and Public Affairs Department of the Monteregi-Ouest Integrated Health and Social Services Center, contacted by TVA Novelles, reported that “management, mid-level and nursing staff mobilized quickly to find solutions to reduce stress.”

Management has confirmed that it is “closely monitoring the situation with the medical department and teams to ensure that there is an adequate number of nursing staff for future shifts”.

Among other strategies to defuse the emergency, the management said it diverted ambulances and called doctors to “pay more attention to the units”.

At 12 noon, there was a 30-hour wait in the emergency room. 53 patients were still on stretchers, compared to 67 in the morning.