Situation in Montreal’s pediatric ERs is ‘like a horror film’

Across Quebec, emergency rooms are under siege as a hobbled health system is taxed by staff shortages, a lack of access to family doctors, an aging population and patients suffering from a range of ailments that may have gone unchecked during the pandemic. But the Montreal Children’s, which is part of the McGill University Health Centre, and the Centre hospitalier universitaire Ste-Justine are beset by a crisis all their own.

Occupancy hit 250 per cent at the Children’s and 300 per cent at Ste-Justine last week. A perfect storm has driven volumes to these unprecedented levels.

montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/allison-hanes-situation-in-montreals-pediatric-ers-is-like-a-horror-film/

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They’re blaming the lockdowns… No mention of the real cause, obviously.

At least this time they’re not baffled

AC

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