Saskatoon’s largest hospital is facing record overcrowding and officials need to do more to fix the problem, says the president of the provincial nurses’ union.
“It’s really quite disturbing. Our members are trying to do the best they can,” said Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambori.
Zambori said that as of Wednesday evening, there were 80 patients in the ER at Royal University Hospital (RUH) who needed a bed in other areas, but couldn’t be moved because those wards were all full. That included four mental health patients waiting in beds in the hall for a total of more than 120 hours.
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