Quebec Premier François Legault is asking government employees to volunteer to work in hospitals, as staffing shortages continue to hamper the province’s health-care system.
Bureaucrats are being asked to opt-in to work in a hospital setting as service aides, taking over non-medical tasks normally performed by nurses. That could include disinfecting surfaces and equipment, doing administrative tasks, and providing meals to patients.
“There is a storm to weather and the government is launching a call for solidarity,” wrote Éric Ducharme, the secretary of Quebec’s Treasury Board, in an email obtained by Radio-Canada.
The letter, which was sent to all provincial employees, said the health
