Saskatoon nurses plead for help amid over-crowding, patient safety at ERs [Video]

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses is begging the provincial government to look at what is happening in Saskatoon hospitals and take action.

“When is enough, enough?”

That was the phrase being used by Saskatoon emergency room nurses during a union meeting Friday.

“We even are hearing from them today that they’re suffering from PTSD because of issues that are happening when they aren’t able to manage people who are coming in,” Tracy Zambory, the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president said.

Zambory said she hears of stories from nurses every day about dangerous situations they find themselves in.

At Saskatoon’s St. Paul’s Hospital, dozens of patients are admitted everyday with no available beds.

She described one example of violence in the ER at the hospital. “A fight broke out and the security was involved. There was a weapon involved and an elderly man ended up getting kicked in the head.”

She said the hospital had …