Doctors say Sask. emergency departments understaffed, overcapacity, struggling to provide care – CBC
Emergency departments in Regina, Saskatoon caring for patients in extra spaces, say doctors
Apr 20, 2022
Hospital emergency departments in Saskatchewan continue to struggle amidst staff shortages and overflowing hospital wards, doctors in the province say.
“It puts everybody in a situation where our ability to care for people is compromised, so we can only care for the very sickest people,” said Dr. Brian Geller, a primary care physician and an emergency department doctor at both Regina hospitals.
When patients can’t be sent through to the usual inpatient care beds, they’re kept in emergency room beds, Geller said.
“We don’t have the capacity to care for emergencies anymore.”
When Saskatchewan stopped posting daily COVID-19 data, the highest reported daily total of people in hospital with the virus to that point was 384 provincewide.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/overcapacity-staffing-hospital-care-sask-1.6425092
