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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 KENORA \u2013 A \u201ccritical shortage\u201d of physicians has the Lake of the Woods District Hospital\u2019s emergency department on the brink of closure, hospital officials say. The hospital has gone from having 20 physicians who worked in emergency in early 2022 to just nine part-time ER docs today, according to a news release on Wednesday. \u201cThe critical shortage of physicians we are experiencing has created a situation which is unsustainable,\u201d said Dr. Sean Moore, the Kenora hospital\u2019s chief of staff. \u201cWithout significant change to our health-care system, I cannot see how it is physically possible for such a small group of doctors to maintain our current services,\u201d said Dr. Meghan Olson, medical staff president on the hospital\u2019s board of directors. Emergency is being kept… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 KENORA \u2013 A \u201ccritical shortage\u201d of physicians has the Lake of the Woods District Hospital\u2019s emergency department on the brink of closure, hospital officials say. The hospital has gone from having 20 physicians who worked in emergency in early 2022 to just nine part-time ER docs today, according to a news release on Wednesday. \u201cThe critical shortage of physicians we are experiencing has created a situation which is unsustainable,\u201d said Dr. Sean Moore, the Kenora hospital\u2019s chief of staff. \u201cWithout significant change to our health-care system, I cannot see how it is physically possible for such a small group of doctors to maintain our current services,\u201d said Dr. Meghan Olson, medical staff president on the hospital\u2019s board of directors. Emergency is being kept... <\/p>\n

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