Continued 'critical staffing shortages and high patient volumes' impact Durham Region emergency departments

Lakeridge Health Bowmanville, in Bowmanville, Ont., is shown on Saturday, July 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Joe O'Connal

All residents who need non-urgent medical attention are being asked to consider other options for care like walk-in clinics, primary care, urgent care, and/or virtual care options nearby. At the time of this article’s publication, the average wait time In Oshawa was two hours and 42 minutes, while those in Ajax-Pickering could expect to wait an average of five or more hours.

Not just Durham. My brother sat in emergency for 6 hrs with Covid at Sunnybrook back in mid-July. Went home as too sick to sit there. Returned by ambulance a week later, and died from Covid 5 weeks later. Who knows what could have been done if they had helped him at the time.

All those shortages have all been manufactured by the globalist government.

The pcs are doing such a wonderful job

I know many hospital workers currently out of work... for NO good reason.

not like hiring for 7-11 eh ... might be that way for awhile, possibly years.

Massive immigration in the last 10 years has outpaced services particularly in healthcare.

Bonding in a waiting room with a loved one for 15 hours is one of the great Canadian experiences. Healthcare has never been stronger in Canada.

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