Emergency room doctors working at the Northside General Hospital in North Sydney are facing a $14 per hour pay cut. Pay rates are changing across the province for ER doctors and that’s raised concerns about doctor retention, recruitment and possible ER closures in the Cape Breton community.
Kevin Chapman is director of finance for Doctors Nova Scotia, an association representing 3,500 physicians. A few months ago, a group of ER doctors from across the province were tasked with finding a way to standardize pay rates without requiring extra money.
Emergency room doctors at Northside General are currently paid $147.62/hour but the coming pay cut mean they will receive $140 less per 10-hour shift. ER doctors at Cape Breton Regional Hospital will receive closer to $200/hour because it’s a larger hospital that sees more patients.
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