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ERs are over capacity and in crisis, but there’s another backlog making the problem worse

Canadian emergency rooms are overflowing while an array of respiratory illnesses — COVID-19 included — keep circulating. And it's happening against a backdrop of behind-the-scenes backlogs that turn front-line ERs into dangerous choke points. Staff shortages, respiratory illnesses pose challenges, alongside long-standing hospital bed capacity crunch This story is part …

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