Higgs backs call from nurses union to merge hospital services in Moncton
Premier Blaine Higgs is endorsing a call by the president of the New Brunswick Nurses Union that two hospitals in Moncton look at merging services to address a severe shortage of nurses at both facilities.
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Moncton doctors backfilled nurses after Dumont ER felt like war zone
Seven doctors at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton stepped in to cover a nursing shortage in the emergency department over the weekend, an organizer of the effort says.
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Apr 14, 2021 5:35 AM
Like many health care professionals on the frontlines, nurses are feeling exhausted after 13 months of working during a global pandemic.
New Brunswick Nurses Union president Paula Doucet says a chronic shortage of R.N.’s means existing nurses are asked to work exorbitant amounts of overtime.
“One more event like the one we’re experiencing now in the Edmundston Zone 4 region and I really feel that this health care system may crumble down around us.”
She thinks the military could be called in similar to what happened in Ontario and Quebec last year.
FREDERICTON The person who died in northwestern New Brunswick is one of the youngest people to die from COVID-19 in the Maritimes and the age of those becoming critically ill is a growing concern. CTV has confirmed the man who died of COVID-19 in the Edmundston region is 38-year-old Luc Belanger. His wife, Julie, posted about the loss on Facebook – writing: I tell myself that you fought until the end. I already miss you enormously. I love you with all my heart. I loved all the moments we spent together and shared, I love you always and forever! The family also shares that due to the pandemic, a celebration of life will be announced at a later date.