Municipalities deal with ER closures
NORTHERN BC – The list of openings for registered nurses in Prince George alone takes up 14 pages of Northern Health’s job listings. That doesn’t include the smaller, rural communities. And those communities – both in Northern Health and Interior Health – are suffering from hospital and Emergency Room closures due to staffing shortages. Something BC United Leader Kevin Falcon addressed during a media briefing.
“There were 55 closures in Northern Health just in July alone. Northern and interior health, 55 closures. And right here in Interior Health, 27 in the month of July alone. I can tell you that is substandard care for a large part of the population in this province, and you’re going to see it’s getting worse.”