Montreal ERs operating over capacity one day after freezing rain

Montreal hospital emergency rooms hit the ground limping on Tuesday morning, with 15 of the 21 local facilities reporting more than 100 per cent occupancy. Three of those ERs were functioning with capacities over 200 per cent, according to the Index Santé website. As of 6:30 a.m., the busiest ER in the city was that of the McGill University Health Centre’s Glen site, with an occupancy rate of 215 per cent, followed by the West Island’s Lakeshore General (206 per cent) and the