๐Ÿ‘‰Nurses at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt, B.C., held a rally on Wednesday to address security and staffing concerns. The hospital's emergency department closed over a dozen times last year due to insufficient staff. The BC Nurses' Union organized the lunch-hour gathering to urge Interior Health to take action. According to the union, despite repeated requests for increased security, the health authority hasn't responded adequately. Recent incidents, including an intruder found sleeping in the facility and a stabbing in the parking lot, have raised concerns about safety. The hospital's emergency room faced temporary closures due to limited physician availability and staffing shortages.โœ… . ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‹๐š๐ฐ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐š๐ฐ ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข ๐‚๐ก๐š๐œ๐ค๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐š๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ, ๐‚๐ก๐š๐œ๐ค๐จ ๐‹๐š๐ฐ ๐Ÿ“ฒ+๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—-๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ– ๐Ÿ“ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข@๐œ๐ก๐š๐œ๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ.๐œ๐š @chackolaw.ca . . #Nurses #Healthcare #InteriorHealth #Staffing #Security #BCNU #Merritt #NicolaValleyHospital #mnm #malayalisnearmeapp #canadaupdate #canadanews