With the number of lingering vacancies plus the number of people out sick from COVID-19 and other infections circulating in the province, staff are stretched thin at Horizon Health Network. The health authority shows 142 health workers are off due to the virus, with outbreaks in 18 units, thus limiting what services it can provide. While it continues to recruit nursing students, it says those replacements are still far from solving the problem, considering the time needed for training. Saint John and Moncton are dealing with the worst of the staffing shortages and the health network put out a plea on a social media for nurses to work shifts and overtime. Meanwhile, there are 177 workers out with COVID-19 at Vitalité Health Network, with another 48 out after a close contact of a positive case. Moncton’s Georges-L.-Dumont hospital is at a capacity of 103%. Its ED was unable to treat non-urgent cases as of Apr. 26 until further notice.
Related:
COVID-19: N.B. nurses ‘struggling’ with physical and mental exhaustion, union says - Global News
Temporary change in hours of operation at Horizon’s Sussex Health Centre Emergency Department this weekend - Horizon Health Network
Changement temporaire aux heures d’ouverture du Service d’urgence du Centre de santé de Sussex en fin de semaine - Réseau de santé Horizon
N.B. hospitals continue to grapple with staffing shortages, especially among nurses
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April 28, 2022