An ‘impending crisis' has caused a team of doctors at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital to give their resignation notice
Five internal medicine specialists say they will quit their jobs come Oct. 1 because the work is no longer safe for them or the patients. The CBC's Ryan Cooke reports on what that could mean for other doctors, patients and how N.L. Health Services is responding.
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