Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) caucus in Quebec City that 4,000 nurses were missing from the public health network.He told reporters, “We have given those nurses summer holidays and most of them will come back around Sept.
15.” Staff shortages could impact health services, Quebec health minister warns On Sept. 15, Premier François Legault admitted the problem is critical.“It’s like the chicken and the egg.
Because we’re missing some nurses, the remaining ones have to work harder,” Legault explained.Nurses complain of forced overtime.
They say the problem is not just a result of COVID-19.“It’s been something that even before the pandemic hit, that we’ve been discussing we had to better our working conditions.