Moncton, NB, Canada / 91.9 The Bend
Apr 14, 2021 5:35 AM
Like many health care professionals on the frontlines, nurses are feeling exhausted after 13 months of working during a global pandemic.
New Brunswick Nurses Union president Paula Doucet says a chronic shortage of R.N.’s means existing nurses are asked to work exorbitant amounts of overtime.
“One more event like the one we’re experiencing now in the Edmundston Zone 4 region and I really feel that this health care system may crumble down around us.”
She thinks the military could be called in similar to what happened in Ontario and Quebec last year.