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'Shell-shocked' leaders ignoring ER chaos, weary doctor says

Despite miserable, once-unimaginably long wait times in Winnipeg’s emergency rooms, frustrated doctors are advising people to seek treatment if they believe they need it.
Winnipeg Free Press ·
Exterior view of the St. Boniface Hospital with blue sign.
Dr. Alecs Chochinov, head of the University of Manitoba department of emergency medicine, works in the St. Boniface Hospital ER. (Trevor Brine/CBC)

Despite miserable, once-unimaginably long wait times in Winnipeg's emergency rooms, frustrated doctors are advising people to seek treatment if they believe they need it.

"We see a lot of chronically ill and a lot of elderly people in the emergency department, and it is brutal waiting in pain," said Dr. Alecs Chochinov, who has spent decades as an ER physician.

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