More nurses resign from sexual assault program at HSC

A day after four nurses resigned from a department at the Health Sciences Centre, more have followed suit.

A day after four nurses resigned from a department at the Health Sciences Centre, more have followed suit.

On Tuesday, Shared Health confirmed four nurses working casual positions in the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program resigned. The nurses were on call for the program during their off time and hold other full-time nursing jobs.

Following that announcement, more nurses have done the same.

In an email to CTV News Winnipeg, the Manitoba Nurses Union said three more have resigned, bringing the total to seven.

"They can no longer stand by while people in positions of leadership continue to deceive the public," a spokesperson for the union said.

They noted with the reduced staffing numbers, the program went uncovered for 16 hours Tuesday night.

On Tuesday, Darlene Jackson, the president of the union, said they are losing skilled nurses.