Ontario Hospitals Prepare and Brace for Summer ER Staffing Challenges

Ontario Hospitals Prepare and Brace for Summer ER Staffing Challenges
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones makes an announcement on health care with Premier Doug Ford in the province in Toronto, on Jan. 16, 2023. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn
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Hospitals in smaller and rural Ontario communities have been recruiting, training, and poring over schedules in the hopes of avoiding another summer wave of temporary ER closures—though the problem never really went away.

Staffing shortages led hospitals to close their emergency departments for hours or even days at a time during the summer of 2022.