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    I’ve only been a nurse for eight months. The chaos is killing me.

    Jacelyn Wingerter is a Saskatchewan hospital nurse facing the impossible. “We have 35 beds in our department, and 100 patients needing treatment.”

    I’m a veteran ER doctor. I can’t believe what I’m seeing.

    Dr. Kashif Pirzada has worked in ERs for 15 years and is witnessing the damage from overcrowding and understaffing. “Patients are extremely upset, and I would be too.”