The average time spent waiting to be seen at western Quebec emergency rooms grew to 21 hours this spring, the longest waits reported since 2015, according to the region's health authority.
An Outaouais man says a lack of available beds meant his 82-year-old mother sat for eight hours in an ER, writhing in pain with a back injury, only to be transferred to a hospital an hour away a few days later.
Several unions that are connected to the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ) released statements that their members refused to work mandatory overtime this past weekend. The unions