B.C. Nurses香蕉视频直播� Union president Christine Sorenson has resigned as president amid the ongoing pandemic.

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Sorenson was elected vice-president of the union in 2012, 2014 and 2017, and later served as acting president before being appointed president in 2018.

Earlier this month, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix announced a vaccine mandate for all health care staff.

The B.C. Nurses香蕉视频直播� Union said on Sept. 16 that it 香蕉视频直播渃annot support any order which will serve to remove even a single nurse or other health care worker from the healthcare system at a time of severe crisis.香蕉视频直播�

The BCNU said further that while it 香蕉视频直播渟trongly encourages香蕉视频直播� everyone, nurses included, to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the union 香蕉视频直播渆xpects government and health employers to avoid any measures that may take nurses away from providing patient care.香蕉视频直播�

In a separate statement, the BCNU said it expects the province to come up with contingency plans if nurses quit in large numbers, citing pre-pandemic estimates that show B.C. will be 24,000 nurses short by 2029.

香蕉视频直播� with files from Katya Slepian

ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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