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Alan Drummond MD
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Rural Canadian family/emergency physician. Advocate for an improved standard of emergency care for all Canadians. Sommelier (DipWSET). Father of triplets/ sadly a grieving parent.
Immobile South Island senior says he waited 8 hours in ER without assistance cheknews.ca/immobile-sou...
Immobile South Island senior says he waited 8 hours in ER without assistance
He's prescribing healthcare workers need a dose of decency while simultaneously calling for a system overhaul.
cheknews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
'Progress takes time': Port Hardy mayor says discussions underway to address ER hours cheknews.ca/progress-tak...
'Progress takes time': Port Hardy mayor says discussions underway to address ER hours
The District of Port Hardy is pushing back on claims it can reopen the hospital's emergency department (ED), noting that responsibility for hospital staffing lies with Island Health and the province.
cheknews.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Another closure planned for Richards Landing ER www.sootoday.com/local-news/a... via @SooToday
Another closure planned for Richards Landing ER
The closure is once again due to physician shortages
www.sootoday.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Dawson Creek hospital emergency room to shutter for 10 hours energeticcity.ca/2025/11/05/d...
Dawson Creek hospital emergency room to shutter for 10 hours – Energeticcity.ca
Dawson Creek and District Hospital's emergency department will shutter for the first time in over a month on November 6th.
energeticcity.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fort Macleod emergency department temporarily closed due to staff shortage www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Fort Macleod emergency department temporarily closed due to staff shortage
Rural emergency rooms continue to struggle with staffing shortages.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reposted by Alan Drummond MD
There will be no quick fix. And due to 4 year election cycles, short-term thinking (promised “fixes”), lack of long-term vision (cathedral thinking), I despair. Same old sam old
November 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Mission Hospital ER closed over Halloween evening and Saturday vancouversun.com/news/mission... via @vancouversun.bsky.social
Mission Hospital ER closed over Halloween evening and Saturday
Services will be interrupted until Saturday morning as a staffing shortage has struck the hospital again.
vancouversun.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Port Hardy mayor says town is not ‘sitting silent’ about its idle ER www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/news/port-ha... via @CowichanCitizen
Port Hardy mayor says town is not ‘sitting silent’ about its idle ER
‘It’s important to clarify that the District of Port Hardy does not operate the hospital’
www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Born on waitlist: Nova Scotia Health expands program to help babies without doctors
1 in 5 babies in Nova Scotia need newborn clinic for medical care
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nova Scotia Health newborn program expands in Central Zone | CBC News
Nova Scotia's health minister says the province is making headway on ensuring babies are receiving proper health care even though about one in five of the province's newborns need a program designed f...
www.cbc.ca
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee
Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicate the system faces being overwhelmed.
thetyee.ca
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Bow Island emergency department reducing hours
chatnewstoday.ca/2025/10/27/b...
Bow Island emergency department reducing hours
Effective immediately, the Bow Island Health Centre emergency department (ED) will be closed until 5 p.m. on F...
chatnewstoday.ca
October 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Lakes District Hospital Emergency Department closed due to staffing challenges
www.cfnrfm.ca/2025/10/28/l...
Lakes District Hospital Emergency Department closed due to staffing challenges
Northern Health says Emergency Department services at the Lakes District Hospital in Burns Lake will be unavai...
www.cfnrfm.ca
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
SUV drives through ER of Cowichan hospital Saturday night cheknews.ca/suv-drives-t...
SUV drives through ER of Cowichan hospital Saturday night
No injuries have been reported after an SUV crashed through the emergency entrance of the Cowichan District Hospital Saturday night.
cheknews.ca
October 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM