Surrey ER doctors decry ‘toxic’ workplace, ‘failing their patients’ [Video]

Emergency physicians at Surrey Memorial Hospital have grown so frustrated with Fraser Health, they have penned a letter to the CEO of the health authority calling for “new leadership” and citing a “decline in patient care” as they struggle to stabilize the situation and serve patients.

It was more than a year ago that the doctors first went public about “worsening conditions”, holding a rally as they blew the whistle on excessive wait times in the emergency department. Sources tell CTV News patients continue to wait two to three days in the ER for a bed in the wards and that there’s been little dialogue with the health authority since then.

In a letter dated Sept. 16 and obtained by CTV News, Surrey Memorial Hospital doctors warn CEO Dr. Victoria Lee that “our primary concern is the quality of care provided to patients, but we are met with silence from those who have …