The report by CNESST followed repeated warnings over two years by staff to senior administrators about an escalating number of violent incidents since the ER’s expansion and a lack of resources to fix the problem. During this period, the Quebec health ministry forced the MUHC to make tens of millions of dollars in cuts to its operating budget — cuts that affected everything from secretarial services to security.
Sunday, January 28, 2018
ESCALATING VIOLENT INCIDENTS AT MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL
The MUHC oversees the Montreal General, a Level 1 Trauma Centre with a mandate to treat those injured in car accidents and gang-related violence, among other life-and-death emergencies. In 2015, the MUHC expanded the Montreal General’s ER to take care of psychiatric patients, but decided not to add an overnight security guard in the locked psychiatric ward.
The report by CNESST followed repeated warnings over two years by staff to senior administrators about an escalating number of violent incidents since the ER’s expansion and a lack of resources to fix the problem. During this period, the Quebec health ministry forced the MUHC to make tens of millions of dollars in cuts to its operating budget — cuts that affected everything from secretarial services to security.
The report by CNESST followed repeated warnings over two years by staff to senior administrators about an escalating number of violent incidents since the ER’s expansion and a lack of resources to fix the problem. During this period, the Quebec health ministry forced the MUHC to make tens of millions of dollars in cuts to its operating budget — cuts that affected everything from secretarial services to security.
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