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Nurses at Selkirk Regional Health Centre are sounding the alarm over escalating safety threats fueled by chronic understaffing and overwhelming patient loads. A union letter signed by 35 ER nurses details alarming incidents — including a nurse stabbed with a pen and another bitten — as staff struggle to manage dangerously long wait times that fuel patient agitation. The union demands urgent reforms: better nurse-to-patient ratios, end single-physician ER coverage, install a dedicated safety officer, create secure rooms for high-risk patients, and expand on-site mental health support. Despite provincial claims of hiring 1,400 new nurses, union leaders remain skeptical, noting similar crises at other hospitals like Bethesda. The Health Minister says they’re listening and committed to working with regional authorities to protect staff and improve emergency care.

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