Staffing Crisis Hits Many Ontario Hospitals Hard Nurses Union Raises Concerns
Several Ontario hospitals reduced services in some areas over the weekend due to staff shortages, as an Ontario nurses union called on the province to address what it called an alarming situation. Emergency departments were to remain closed at Wingham and District Hospital from Saturday night until the early hours of Sunday and at Listowel Memorial Hospital for much of the day on Sunday. In Huron County, Seaforth Community Hospital said it would temporarily close its ER overnight because it was understaffed....