The overworked and overextended medical profession continues to make headlines while, unfortunately, continuing with no solution in sight. From a record-breaking strike for Massachusetts nurses to an entire nursing home staff walking out for a day, the U.S.-based situation remains dire with unions and hospitals pointing fingers on who’s more to blame for the staffing crisis and deteriorating working conditions throughout the healthcare industry.
In Canada, the situation is heating up to the point where hundreds of physicians stepped up to demand pay raises for nurses, who are fed up with the “hero” label without corresponding financial incentives to match. As one nurse told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, “Money talks, and you-know-what walks.” The open letter in question appeals directly to Ontario Premier Doug Ford to repeal a bill that nurses believe prevents collective bargaining for pay raises. This, of course, remains an area of interest, depending on any move that Ford makes on the bill, one of many that regulates the Canadian federal health care system
