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Hospitals cap patient visits, ask people to avoid ER as staff shortages continue

1 year ago

1:56

Hospitals cap patient visits, ask people to avoid ER as staff shortages continue

1 year ago
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Duration 1:56

Hospital emergency rooms continue to struggle with staffing shortages and patient influx across the country, prompting one Montreal hospital to ask people to avoid the ER when possible due to overcrowding.

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