More tales from the single-payer system up north:

Seven Oaks came within a whisker of shutting down its ER last week because it couldn’t find an ER doctor to fill a shift.

They found a family physician to fill in at the last minute, but still had to divert ambulances to other ERs for more serious cases.

And now this. Another resignation.

The scary part is this may not be the last one.

I doubt the system can handle any more resignations without having to shut down ERs completely, or risk patient safety and care.

ERs are high burn-out places to begin with, even at the best of times.

When you monkey around with scheduling and fail to maintain a minimal doctor complement, you’re playing with fire.

And it’s the patients who get burned, not the high-priced bureaucrats at the WRHA.