The most senior emergency physician at one of British Columbia’s busiest hospitals has come forward to warn the public about the ongoing crisis inside the emergency department, saying the situation has deteriorated to the point where some patients are waiting as many as three days to be admitted to other wards.
Dr. Urbain Ip said the understaffing and overcrowding problems in the emergency room at Surrey Memorial Hospital have him and his colleagues regularly going home “worried sick” about their patients.
“Right now, if my loved one got sick, I’m not sure if I would send [them] to my hospital … and that’s a terrible thing to feel,” said Ip, who’s been an emergency doctor for more than 30 years.
“We are
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