The Rivière-Rouge emergency room will permanently close at night, from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., from 1er February 2024, confirmed the CISSS des Laurentides on Thursday afternoon.
The CISSS arrives at this decision due to the lack of personnel at the Multiservice Health and Social Services Center of Rivière-Rouge, as reported The Presstwo weeks ago.
“After a long process of reflection, we come to the conclusion that the significant shortage of personnel experienced in the Rivière-Rouge sector requires such an adjustment to emergency activity hours,” writes Sylvain Pomerleau, president and CEO. deputy of the CISSS des Laurentides, in a press release issued Thursday.
“In this constant and sustained context of staff shortages, we cannot maintain 24-hour opening. The quality and safety of the services we are committed to providing are at stake,” adds Mr. Pomerleau.
To arrive at this solution, the CISSS evaluated the number of visits to the Rivière-Rouge emergency room, busy periods, ambulance transport, the number of requests for diagnostic examinations, medical needs and availability. Staff. The reflection began several months ago, also confirms the CISSS.
“No person will be left without service,” argues Mr. Pomerleau.
Protocols have been established with the region’s ambulance services, he maintains, and with the Mont-Laurier and Sainte-Agathe hospitals. However, the emergency rooms of these two hospital establishments are often among the busiest in the province.
More details to come…