Auscandoc<p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Merrit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merrit</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ER</span></a> expecting 30 closures over the next 3 months: mayor <a href="https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/10/02/merrit-er-30-closures-3-months-mayor/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/10/</span><span class="invisible">02/merrit-er-30-closures-3-months-mayor/</span></a> “Mayor Mike Goetz says he knows of a health-care worker with unofficial documentation that shows the total number of <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ERclosures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ERclosures</span></a> for this year is set to jump to around 46, from 19 last year.</p><p>“We are looking at significant closures over the next three months, close to 30, and we need to know what we, as a community, can do to help with this.” <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/RuralHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuralHealth</span></a></p>