(Jacques Poitras/CBC - image credit)After patients faced overcrowding and long waits in Fredericton's emergency room over the holidays, New Brunswick Green Party Leader David Coon is calling for immediate changes and more funding. The offences are alleged to have occurred at Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton between Nov. 7, 2017, and Oct. 6, 2022. Maria Richard of the New Brunswick Nurses Union was more direct. Maria Richard, first vice-president of the New Brunswick Nurses Union, contends travel nurses are not the medium or long-term solution to staffing shortages in the province. Maria Richard, vice-president of the New Brunswick Nurses Union, said the staffing issues at the DECH are "unsafe" for patients, nurses and doctors.
