Chronic understaffing in Canada’s health care system has been exacerbated by waves of COVID-19 infections and is pushing the system to the brink, warns a Doctors Manitoba medical advocate.
“The health care system is slowly falling apart,” Dr. David Cram, president of Doctors Manitoba, told CTV News Channel on Monday. “Then COVID came and just crushed us.”
He warns that the impact of staff shortages is being felt significantly among rural health units, with more and more emergency departments being forced to close.
“You’re just low doctors and you literally need to shut up.” Cram said.
Watch Cram explain the problem—and possible solutions—in the video at the top of this article.
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