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Nurses Demand Safety in Selkirk ER | Winnipeg News
Nurses at Selkirk Regional Health Centre are sounding the alarm over escalating safety threats fueled by chronic understaffing and overwhelming patient loads. A union letter signed by 35 ER nurses details alarming incidents — including a nurse stabbed with a pen and another bitten — as staff struggle to manage dangerously long wait times that fuel patient agitation. The union demands urgent reforms: better nurse-to-patient ratios, end single-physician ER coverage, install a dedicated safety officer, create secure rooms for high-risk patients, and expand on-site mental health support. Despite…
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