Category: ER

Quebec City Residents Asked to Avoid Five Swamped ERs Amid Staff Shortages

Quebec City residents are being asked to avoid unnecessary trips to five emergency rooms that are struggling with staff shortages and overcrowding. The Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec says sustained high patient volumes combined with staffing challenges have created a “critical situation” in its five hospital ERs. It adds that more than 500 workers were…


‘ER’ Actress Mary Mara Dies Aged 61 in Apparent Drowning: Police

American actress Mary Mara has died after apparently drowning in the St. Lawrence River over the weekend, according to reports. Mara drowned while she was swimming in the river, according to a statement from New York State Police on June 27, citing its preliminary investigation. The television star, 61, had been visiting her sister, according to…