We’ve never had so many nurses and doctors in Quebec.
But we have rarely seen the health system in such poor condition and so close to the breaking point.
We eagerly awaited Minister Christian Dubé’s announcement.
Even if we all want to give the runner a chance, the three proposals made by the crisis management team were met with some distrust.
To summarize: we will do better what we are already doing, or we will do what we wanted to do but could not do.
The expansion of 811, two Specialty Nursing Hospitals (SNP) in Montreal and the purchase of 1,700 beds are good measures.
On the other hand, we don’t attack the core of the problem: the people in the network.
It takes staff to be in bed with patients, answer 811 numbers, and provide services at ICU clinics.
workers who are exhausted. At the end of a dehumanized mismanagement to fill time slots. A management where directors impose a uniform approach on everyone, rather than listening and collaborating, many workers testify.
Nurses wanting a life, wanting to see their children, wanting to have dinner with family, and fed up filled the ranks of the private agencies.
Today we are witnessing the effects of this exodus.
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Prima non nocere
One of the basic principles in medicine: First, do no harm or do no harm.
We should apply this principle to our network: stop making the problem worse.
Caregivers who remain on the public grid have to work harder, including mandatory overtime (TSO). Frustration and discouragement increase. Even more nurses could get off the network.
Breaking the cycle requires bold, potentially radical, steps.
Before certain emergency rooms are closed to pool current resources, as suggested by Dr. Bernard Mathieu, we could look at managing schedules.
Sister Natalie Stake-Doucet, like many of her colleagues, is calling for an end to OSI.
Finished
Yes, beds must be closed overnight.
Yes, in the short term it can be more difficult. But in the medium term we will avoid the worst.
Yes, workers and unions need to be flexible and creative, but we are able to take that risk.
If someone injures their ankle and stays on a crutch for fear of pain, their ankle will not function again. He will most likely have back pain from the crutches.
Getting off crutches is necessary to be able to walk again, although the first steps will not be easy…
And to give the runner a chance, our network needs to restart.
