Health critic Paul Dinn says nurses are essential to a functioning healthcare system, and they need support to do their essential work.
This is Nurses Week and Dinn says government should have recognized their importance in a news release. Yesterday, Health Minister Tom Osborne said 200 new nursing graduates have agreed to stay in the province to work. Dinn says there’s no guarantee that those nurses will actually stay here and there are more than 750 vacancies. Dinn says according to the Registered Nurses Union, 90% of registered nurses and nurse practitioners have faced burnout due to working conditions. 85% of nurses believe ‘understaffing is creating unsafe conditions’ in our healthcare system.” He says nurses here are the lowest paid in Canada.
Half of NL bowlers headed to the YBC Nationals in Edmonton are from Corner Brook Centre Bowl
National Seal Products Day is May 16th
Online registration for Kindergarten in September starts soon
Deer Lake RCMP arrest a 42-year old woman after finding more than an ounce of cocaine
ATVs are once again travelling certain roadways in Corner Brook, season open until end of November
