Rural Healthcare

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Announced in February, only 18 applications have come through, and only one doc has a set start-date for a much-needed rural residency.

For more than two years, Eastern Memorial Hospital (EMH) in Canso has faced frequent emergency department closures due to lack of physician and/or nursing coverage.

The hospital, located about 40 kilometres south of Ottawa, says the ER will resume 24-hour operations Tuesday at 7 a.m.

Last week, an executive with Ontario Health, which oversees the province's health system, called the current situation in hospitals unprecedented.

A major concern for Dr. Elliott is that a patient could arrive with a health emergency that her team isn’t prepared to tackle.

Several Ontario hospitals have previously warned that emergency department closures could be a recurring issue this summer as a result of staffing shortages.

Dr. Alexandra Dionisopoulos ended up cutting her locum period in half and isn't sure she'll ever want to come back to work in B.C. after the massive hassle getting a license turned out to be.