Web Extra: Er Doctor Shortage Getting Worse

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It will bring the number of vacancies for ER doctors in the city's four community hospitals to 15 equivalent full-time positions, or 42 per cent of the ER physician positions at those hospitals.

"This is a patient safety issue," said Tory health critic Myrna Driedger. "It almost looks like we're going from a crisis to a disaster."

The ER doctor shortage does not impact either of Winnipeg's two biggest emergency rooms at the Health Sciences Centre and St. Boniface Hospital. There is only a part-time position vacant at the HSC right now.

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Web Extra: Er Doctor Shortage Getting Worse

By Mia Rabson

An already critical shortage of emergency room doctors in Winnipeg is about to get worse.

Before the end of the s...

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