Overtime at the Pontiac Hospital has grown steadily over the past five years, according to documents obtained by THE EQUITY through several access to information requests, topping a million dollars in 2020. Nurses and orderlies made up the bulk of the 23,461 hours, which a source at the hospital chalked up to staff departing for jobs elsewhere.

Doctors push for decentralization

2020-11-24 Emily Hsueh 313 Views COVID, COVID-19, health care, hospital, rural

CALEB NICKERSON
QUEBEC Nov. 25, 2020
Hundreds of doctors from across the province, including several in the Pontiac, have joined a coalition aiming to decentralize the administration of health care services in Quebec.
The collective, known by their French acronym RQMDSS is made up of nearly 700 doctors from more than 50 hospitals, according to their website decentralisation.ca. The group adds that while they officially launched on Nov. 11, they have been working in the background for several years.
The RQMDSS argues that . . .

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