Regional ER Still Has Staff Shortages

by Bobby NockSeptember 16, 2017

The Nova Scotia Health Authority will continue to reassign staff to the emergency room at the Regional Hospital in Sydney due to a shortage of ER nurses until the new year.

Health authority spokesperson Greg Boone says the emergency room is short 10 nurses.

Boone adds nurses have been reassigned from the Northside, Glace Bay and New Waterford hospitals since June to cover ER shifts.

Boone also says the ER at the Regional needs to stay open 24/7 and there are another five ER vacancies in the community

Recruitment to fill the voids is ongoing.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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