According to TVA Nouvelles, the holiday season is likely to be extremely difficult again this summer at the Estrie health network due to labor shortages that will leave more than 5,100 shifts unfilled among nurses and care workers. In mid-July, according to data from TVA Nouvelles.
Those numbers were presented to employees and unions last week in the run-up to the summer season by the Estrie-CHUS Integrated University Health and Social Services Center (CIUSSS). Currently, 833 layers are being uncovered through June 17, a number that is expected to rise to 4,276 for the June 18-July 15 period.
Some sectors will be more affected than others. This applies in particular to the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins, Haute-Yamaska, Haut-Saint-François and Sources sectors.
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Data for the remainder of the summer season is not yet available, but the Assistant Director of Human Resources at the CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS, Marc-Antoine Rouillard, indicated that “it is to be expected that this will be similar to we will end Experience June and early July.
Without giving any details on the services that will be affected, Mr Rouillard confirmed that there will be load shedding on the network over the summer, but that “every effort will be made” to maintain services for users.
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“Workers will be able to work 7/7 this summer, meaning seven consecutive working days followed by a series of seven days off. It allows people with lesser seniority, for example, to take a few weeks’ holiday while ensuring we’re covered at the weekends during the crucial time of summer,” he said in particular.
FIQ-Estrie, a union representing nurses in the region, is planning a public outing on Wednesday to denounce the situation and staff exhaustion due to poor human resource management.