A nurse shortage in the province has left several hospitals in the Prairie Mountain Health Region to have their emergency departments closed over the holidays.
Some hospitals including Roblin, Shoal Lake and Souris are closed longer term because of physician shortages as well.
Several facilities south of Brandon are closed due to nursing shortages and it has left patients no choice but to have to travel much further to communities like Brandon for assistance.
Prairie Mountain Health has said that in some hospitals the emergency department and in-patient beds have had to close because of the shortages.
