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‘Demoralizing:’ Toronto doctor calls current volume of patients at some local ERs ‘out of control’

Hospital ER Canada

An emergency room physician who works at three Toronto hospitals is raising alarm bells over the capacity of some ERs in the city, calling the volume of patients “insane, out-of-control, explosive, never seen before, [and] record-breaking.”

Dr. Raghu Venugopal has worked in emergency rooms for 19 years and said if you ask any ER doctor right now, they would say the current situation concerning.

The number one issue, Venugopal suggested, is that people don’t have other access treatment.

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