Maisonneuve-Rosemont ER is still struggling
Notice is out to avoid the Maisonneuve-Rosemont ER if possible, since it’s still running on fumes. La Presse reports that some volunteer healthcare workers have pitched in, although I can’t make out whether these people have offered to work (and will be paid) or whether they’re actually volunteering for free.
steph 20:13 on 2023-01-19 Permalink
Pay nurses a better salary with better conditions. Stop asking the population to take it on our backs. This government is gross.
carswelll 20:35 on 2023-01-19 Permalink
@steph Not the first time I’ve wished MCW had an upvote function. Legault recently made light of the situation, claiming it was as bad or worse everywhere else. Deflecting blame is his real concern.
Kate 20:37 on 2023-01-19 Permalink
Since they need more nurses, they need to make the profession more attractive, starting with money but also with the sense that you wouldn’t be joining a trade that enforces extreme overtime and works you till you burn out.
Over the last couple of months I had a minor issue that meant going both to a GMF (superclinic) as well as a CLSC a few times. The nurses at both places were busy but not frantic. Both clinics were impressively well run. I mention this because, reading our media, you might think all our health care is in total disarray, but my experience – with a completely non‑life‑threatening matter, resolved now – was entirely positive.
Why any nurse would opt to work in a place like Maisonneuve‑Rosemont when a clinic job would be less stressful, I don’t know. Better pay?
MarcG 21:07 on 2023-01-19 Permalink
Individual experiences of healthcare vs the general state of healthcare system are a bit like the daily weather vs climate change. Not trying to criticize, just saying that maybe the disarray is there but not visible at all times and in every circumstance.
Kate 21:46 on 2023-01-19 Permalink
Probably true, but it was striking. I used to tell people (internet friends outside Quebec) that healthcare here was great if you were in a serious crisis and needed urgent help, not so good if you only needed maintenance work or minor attention. It doesn’t seem to be true any more. From my recent data, anyway.
Kevin 22:30 on 2023-01-19 Permalink
We still have thousands of healthcare workers out sick every day because of Covid.
The government could change this any time it wants. It has deliberately chosen this course of action.
Tim 23:38 on 2023-01-19 Permalink
Can you elaborate Kevin? Do you mean that government can encourage better investment in salaries and working conditions for nurses? Or they let nurses with covid go into work? Or do you mean that government can wave a magic wand, impose more health measures and magically make covid disappear? Or something else?
Kevin 10:48 on 2023-01-20 Permalink
@Tim
Sorry, didn’t mean to be obtuse.
I was referring to encouraging more members of the public to be concerned about their own health and the health of others, to actively fight the disinformation/misinformation campaigns being waged, and to take concrete steps to improve ventilation and air filtration in all public spaces instead of making nonsense claims about HEPA filters making life more dangerous in schools.
And to stop treating healthcare workers like pawns.
Tim 11:34 on 2023-01-20 Permalink
@kevin, thanks for sharing your thoughts.