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Hello and welcome to the weekend edition of Best Of Maclean’s. Each Saturday, we place a spotlight on the top story from Macleans.ca from the past week, showcasing the most interesting people, places and stories from across Canada.

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

Jacelyn Wingerter became a registered nurse in January and has worked in a Saskatchewan ER ever since. At only 22, she says being on the front lines of a collapsing healthcare system has crushed her stamina and her spirit.

“For the past three months we’ve been short-staffed every shift. It’s not because of Covid—it’s because nurses are burnt out, and many have left the profession. We should have at least 19 nurses on each shift, but sometimes we’ve been nine nurses short, six nurses short. When I left a shift last week we were five nurses short, so we closed down part of the ER for the night. I haven’t seen any improvement. Things continue to get worse. It’s been complete chaos from day one.”

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