Quebec City Residents Asked to Avoid Five Swamped ERs Amid Staff Shortages

Quebec City Residents Asked to Avoid Five Swamped ERs Amid Staff Shortages
An emergency department sign is shown at a hospital in Montreal, Jan. 3, 2021. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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Quebec City residents are being asked to avoid unnecessary trips to five emergency rooms that are struggling with staff shortages and overcrowding.

The Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec says sustained high patient volumes combined with staffing challenges have created a “critical situation” in its five hospital ERs.