Summer promises to be another painful one in several Quebec hospital emergency rooms.
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The Minister of Health announced a few days ago that there will be business interruptions in several places. And the situation in western Montreal is likely to be particularly difficult.
The ER at Lakeshore General Hospital is under constant pressure.
“Today we start the day with 145%. It can be as high as 160-190,” said Dr. Robin Nathanson, deputy chief of emergency departments at Lakeshore General Hospital, told TVA Nouvelles.
A patient told our reporter that she had been waiting to be transferred upstairs for three days. The 187 beds available for a hospital stay are no longer sufficient.
This CIUSSS was the first a few months ago to call upon an IPS nurse who tends to many patients and relieves the ER doctors.
To ease the pressure on Lakeshore Hospital’s emergency rooms, we have established a rapid access clinic that treats approximately thirty patients per day.
Operating Monday through Friday with a small team of 5 including 3 nurses, this clinic allows patients to be discharged quickly from the ER with the peace of mind that they will be attended to by a medical team the next day.
It is estimated that approximately 10% of the 39,000 patients who arrive at the emergency department have medical conditions that require referral to this clinic.
To see the full report, watch the video above.