Rural Canadian family/emergency physician. Advocate for an improved standard of emergency care for all Canadians. Sommelier (DipWSET). Father of triplets/ sadly a grieving parent.
Alan Drummond MD
⬇️ THIS ⬇️ from a veteran 🇨🇦 Emergency Medical Physician.
If a doctor would be disciplined for discussing this in an elevator-> WHY do we continue to underfund overcrowding that requires them to discuss PRIVATE details when treating a patient in a PUBLIC SPACE like a hallway or waiting room chair.
ER closures in May totalled more than 70 hours energeticcity.ca/2026/06/05/e...
Yes. He. Is.
‘It's soul-crushing’: How Surrey’s emergency room strains impact patients and health-care workers
Surrey and the Fraser region are growing fast, but the city’s lone hospital is stretched thin for beds and services
runnermag.ca/2026/06/its-...
Perth hospital warning of longer ER wait times due to inpatient bed shortage www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
‘Physician staffing issues’ close Hudson’s Hope Health Centre’s ER for a week energeticcity.ca/2026/06/08/p...
Rural drivers at greater risk for impaired driving
nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2...
Hilary Wollis
Emergency room at 100 Mile District General Hospital will temporarily close tonight for 13 hours www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloop...
Very cool that there is a national award with my name on it but even cooler that there is a new generation of Canadian emergency physicians who are willing to put themselves out there in the name of patient safety or system improvement. This year's winner: Dr. Kaitlin Stockton.
Beaverlodge ED to be without an onsite physician for multiple days this week www.mygrandeprairienow.com/153188/news/... via @My Grande Prairie Now
Alcohol, cannabis and other drugs are more likely to be a factor in road accidents causing injury in rural areas than in urban centres, according to a Canada-wide study.
