![]() ![]() Nursing advocates say the closure in Minden is symptomatic of a larger issue. ![]() The dire need for nurses and physicians existed before and was exacerbated by the pandemic, Plummer said, but it turned into “a near-constant crisis in the last 18 months, causing enormous pressure,” on the existing staff. “We would not have made it through another summer under these circumstances, and we had to act to ensure we could continue delivering emergency services,” she told the Star in an email. ![]() The decision was directly related to staffing shortages, said Carolyn Plummer, president and CEO of HHHS. The Minden emergency department of Haliburton Highlands Health Services (HHHS) will be closed on June 1, and emergency services will be consolidated at Haliburton Hospital, 25 minutes away from the Minden location, also operated by the HHHS. “Enormous pressure” caused by staff shortages, has caused a rural Ontario hospital to close its emergency room permanently and it is the latest example of the deepening human resource crisis in health care, nursing advocates say. ![]()
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