Winnipeg hospital emergency departments were overcrowded and staff were overwhelmed during the holidays, people working on the front lines say. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Winnipeg hospital emergency departments were overcrowded and staff were overwhelmed during the holidays, people working on the front lines say. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Winnipeg hospital emergency departments were overcrowded and staff were overwhelmed during the holidays, people working on the front lines say.
“This is the worst holiday season I’ve ever seen,” Grace Hospital emergency physician Dr. Doug Eyolfson told the , adding colleagues working at the city’s two other ERs were experiencing the same thing. “There was no option to look for a department that had a shorter wait time,” he said.
“People from other areas that needed to transfer someone in were having trouble finding someone to accept them. Every bed was full. The hallways were full of patients and they kept coming and coming.
” MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES “This is the worst holiday season I’ve ever seen,” Grace Hospital emergency physician Dr. Doug Eyolfson told the , adding colleagues working at the city’s two other ERs were experiencing the same thing. Eyolfson said the surge is not just a blip caused by seasonal flu, holiday get-togethers and winter hazards, but part of the “grey tsunami” of aging baby boome.
