BC Today: Doctors of BC says ERs across province 'overrun'

Dr Gord McInnes, co-President of the Section of Emergency Medicine, and Mike Old of the Hospital Employees Union joined CBC's Dan Burritt to discuss the emergency room issues in British Columbia. “This is a long time coming and the ED should be seen as the canary in the coalmine, in the sense that as our system has degraded, the problems in the ED have become more highlighted", McInnes explained. From the COVID-19 pandemic, to increased violence and poor staff mental health, emergency rooms across the province are pushed to the edge. "It's a chronic crisis that has been exacerbated over time”, all across the province McInnes said. Listen to the interview