Alan Drummond MD
@dralandrummond.bsky.social
Rural Canadian family/emergency physician. Advocate for an improved standard of emergency care for all Canadians. Sommelier (DipWSET). Father of triplets/ sadly a grieving parent.
Sault Area Hospital not 'immune' to broader emergency medicine challenges Region's principal health-care facility says it's 'fortunate' to have 'stable, dedicated' ER staff www.saultstar.com/news/sault-a...
Sault Area Hospital not 'immune' to broader emergency medicine challenges
Region's principal health-care facility says it's 'fortunate' to have 'stable, dedicated' ER staff
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Chetwynd Hospital and Health Centre's ER faced overnight closure due to ‘staffing challenges’ energeticcity.ca/2026/08/02/c...
Chetwynd Hospital and Health Centre's ER faced overnight closure due to ‘staffing challenges’ – Energeticcity.ca
The emergency department at the Chetwynd Hospital and Health Centre was closed overnight due to staffing challenges.
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Lewis: $80 billion a year won’t save Medicare. $10 billion might. Total health care spending in Canada will reach $400 billion in 2026-27. Of that, $280 billion is government-funded, 78 per cent by the provinces and 22 per cent by Ottawa. thestarphoenix.com/opinion/op-e...
Fort Nelson ER faced overnight closure due to ‘staffing challenges’ energeticcity.ca/2026/07/31/f...
Fort Nelson ER faced overnight closure due to ‘staffing challenges’ – Energeticcity.ca
The emergency department at the Fort Nelson General Hospital was closed overnight due to 'staffing challenges.'
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Those of us in the EM community believe this to be an alarming statistic
@bstyba🇨🇦@bstyba.bsky.social · last wk.What percentage are simply retiring? That stat could be misleading.
This is such a great event, seriously ... CBC's Alan Neal with four local mystery authors doing mystery improv. I laughed so hard last year that I cried. AND, it's a fundraiser for the Friends of the Rideau Lakes/Portland Library! Deets in the poster. Spread the word! cc @dralandrummond.bsky.social
Western Hospital's emergency department will be closed Friday due to staffing shortage Closure is the Alberton hospital ER's 4th in 2 weeks www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Western Hospital's emergency department will be closed Friday due to staffing shortage | CBC News
Health P.E.I. says the emergency department at Alberton's Western Hospital will be closed Friday, it's fourth closure since last Thursday.
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Staff shortages force 3rd closure of Western Hospital's emergency department in a week ER was also closed last Thursday and again on Monday www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Staff shortages force 3rd closure of Western Hospital's emergency department in a week | CBC News
A temporary staffing shortage forced the closure of the emergency department at Alberton's Western Hospital on Wednesday, Health P.E.I. says — the ER's third closure in a week.
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1 in 10 E.R. doctors are leaving the specialty, national study finds globalnews.ca/video/119956...
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Quinte Health's emergency wait times: ongoing struggle, recent gains | The Kingston Whig Standard www.thewhig.com/news/quinte-...
Quinte Health's emergency wait times explained: ongoing struggle, recent improvement
Quinte Health officials are reporting some success in lowering wait times in their hospitals’ emergency departments. See the latest stats.
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Burnout among emergency room doctors high, one in 10 left the specialty, study finds
'Extremely frustrating': Six months later, Alberta yet to implement promised triage liaison physicians "The situation is only getting worse in the emergency rooms, and so the fact that we still don't have it in place is extremely frustrating for physicians" edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
'Extremely frustrating': Six months later, Alberta yet to implement promised triage liaison physicians
It has been six months since the Alberta UCP government promised triage liaison physicians — it has yet to be implemented.
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When help means losing choice: The reality of rural mental health care ijb.utoronto.ca
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Featured stories IJB Updates Innovate. Collaborate. Illuminate. The Investigative Journalism Bureau is an impact-driven, collaborative newsroom, bringing together professional and student journalists,...
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When help means losing choice: The reality of rural mental health care ijb.utoronto.ca/news/rural-m...
When help means losing choice: The reality of rural mental health care - Investigative Journalism Bureau
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s two cottage-country hospitals are not built for mental health care. Yet hundreds of people come to them every year in need of it. And the hospitals’ emergency departmen...
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Canadian emergency rooms face critical challenges. This $15M gift will fuel innovation to help EDs address gaps in care. finance.yahoo.com/healthcare/a...
Canadian emergency rooms face critical challenges. This $15M gift will fuel innovation to help EDs address gaps in care.
Sinai Health’s Schwartz Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute (SREMI) has received a transformational donation from The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation to address pressing challenges in Ca...
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Clearwater hospital's emergency department to close overnight; ninth closure in July www.castanet.net/news/Kamloop...
Clearwater hospital's emergency department to close overnight; ninth closure in July
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Emergency room disruptions at seven Sask health-care facilities www.gx94radio.com/2026/07/18/e...
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Emergency room disruptions at seven Sask health-care facilities www.gx94radio.com/2026/07/18/e...
Emergency room disruptions at seven Sask health-care facilities
SASKATCHEWAN — Seven health-care facilities are affected by emergency room service disruptions July 18 at 9 a.m., according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority. New emergency room service ...
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Temporary eight-hour closure of ER at Fort Macleod Health Centre lethbridgenewsnow.com/2026/07/18/t...
Temporary eight-hour closure of ER at Fort Macleod Health Centre
Alberta Health Services is reporting that the Fort Macleod Health Centre's Emergency Department will be tempor...
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Upwards of 12-hour waits for ER departments in Nova Scotia globalnews.ca/video/119691...
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Inside rural Alberta's shift to virtual ER doctors Virtual ER physician program serving more than 9 rural communities provincewide www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Inside rural Alberta's shift to virtual ER doctors | CBC Accessibility
Paula McLaughlin, who has lived in Coronation, Alta., for more than 50 years, says he got severe food poisoning last month. A rush to the east-central Alberta town’s emergency department resulted in a...
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Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP arrest man for threatening workers with firearm Police say the incident occurred July 11 in a cabin area near Grand Falls-Windsor after contractor asked man about missing tools www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...
Grand Falls-Windsor RCMP arrest man for threatening workers with firearm
Police say the incident occurred July 11 in a cabin area near Grand Falls-Windsor after contractor asked man about missing tools
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Hudson’s Hope Health Centre’s ER to close for the rest of the month energeticcity.ca/2026/07/13/h...
Hudson’s Hope Health Centre’s ER to close for the rest of the month – Energeticcity.ca
The Hudson's Hope Health Centre's ER will be closed for the rest of the month and will reopen on Aug. 4 at 8:30 a.m.
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Scots endured long A&E waits more than 2m times in last 6 years www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...
Scots forced to endure long A&E waits more than 2m times in last six years
The equivalent of nearly half of Scotland’s population has waited more than four hours in A&E in the last six years.
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Second July closure at Merritt coinciding with Bass Coast festival cfjctoday.com/2026/07/10/m...
Second July closure at Merritt coinciding with Bass Coast festival
MERRITT, B.C. - The emergency department at the Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt will be closed for 11 hours ...
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Patients turn up at ER after striking out on new virtual service: doctor Premier says changes being made daily to address issues with Virtual Care NB tj.news/new-brunswic...
Patients turn up at ER after striking out on new virtual service: doctor
A New Brunswick doctor who co-founded eVisitNB says he’s now seeing patients turn up in his Waterville emergency department for prescription renewals following the provincial defunding of his virtual ...
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