Medical staff are meeting to discuss ways to guarantee someone is always on duty in every emergency room.Dr. Andrea Garland tells us ER doctors and medical professionals are meeting at the Regional Hospital tonight to discuss ways to prevent an ER from going unmanned. The discussion comes several months after doctors refused to work overtime hours causing the Sussex Emergency Room to close overnight so the doctor could cover the unit at the Regional.It was reported earlier in the year that there are 8 doctors staffed in the city's emergency rooms, when the desired number would be twenty.
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