Nearly 200 Calgary ER doctors are warning, in an open letter to Albertans, that emergency departments are collapsing. 'Signs of a capacity crisis are everywhere,' the letter reads.
Dr. Katie Lin, an ER physician in Calgary, says patient volumes remain very high and there simply aren't enough beds or staff.
"It's so distressing to see patients sick in hallways and in waiting rooms when we want to be providing the care that they need," one of the signatories, ER physician Dr. Katie Lin, said in an interview with CBC News. "We've all been in the shoes of the physician who is there on a night shift when the waiting room is packed, there's no spaces available, you're critically short-staffed and you're trying to run a resuscitation in a hallway," she said.
Admitted patients can be stuck in the ER waiting for beds on the wards for days, they say, and sections of emergency departments are routinely closed due to staffing shortages. "We acknowledge the concerns expressed by some of our physicians," a spokesperson said in a statement emailed to CBC News.As emergency doctors we are witnesses to the system- wide healthcare crisis in AB. This letter adds our voice to the untenable state of healthcare. Albertans deserve quality, compassionate, and timely emergency care: https://t.
"Our care providers are leaving," said Fair, noting many of his physician colleagues are reducing their practices and some are quitting altogether.
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