A 317-page assessment on the healthcare crisis at the Lakeshore General Hospital in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, came to the conclusion that the situation is a “ticking time bomb.”
“The consequences for the clientele are extremely worrying … as are those for the health-care professionals,” writes Marie Boucher of the Conseil GDF mediation firm.
The ER only functions because of the overtime, she adds, adding that “the rate of overtime is significantly exorbitant in three quarters of all labour.”
To resolve the healthcare issue, 14 recommendations are given. Employing 30 extra healthcare workers is one of them, as is making sure they don’t waste time seeking for the tools they need to treat patients.
“We do realise that they are not going to discover 30 healthcare professionals out of the blue tomorrow morning. According to Kristina Hoare, vice president of the Nursing Union West Island, the shortfall affects all of Quebec.
According to Hoare, a meeting with the administration of the CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, the regional health authority, is scheduled. She hopes that the employer will agree to follow through on all 14 suggestions.
According to a patient rights advocate, some medical reforms can be taken right away to increase everyone’s access to care while also easing the burden on nurses.
According to Paul Brunet, treating elders at home for routine care rather than admitting them to the hospital will free up hospital beds.
He told Global News, “It’s a problem of controlling, better managing the beds and the people that are occupying the beds.
The health minister of Quebec shares this sentiment and wonders why certain hospitals’ emergency rooms are better than others at managing patient congestion issues with a small staff of medical professionals.
Christian Dubé stated that “there is occasionally an implementation or execution fault.”
According to Hoare, if the hospital’s employer and the nurse’s union are unable to come to an agreement on following all 14 of the report’s recommendations, the dispute may be resolved through arbitration by a court.
A representative for the CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Hélène Bergeron-Gamache, stated in an email to Global News that they are “studying the recommendations.”
ER at Lakeshore General Hospital in Quebec is described in a report as a “ticking time bomb.”
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