Following the news last week that imagery technicians at the Pontiac and Wakefield Hospitals wouldn’t be receiving bonuses of around $20,000 offered to staff at other hospitals in the region, roughly half of the local technicians have applied to jobs elsewhere.
Health authority CISSSO’s Pontiac representative Nicole Boucher-Larivière confirmed to CHIP 101.9 on Thursday that four of the hospital’s eight imagery technicians had applied to work at the Hull Hospital, with another potentially seeking work in Deep River, Ont. She said that imagery technicians are vital for the ER and numerous other departments, and without a full staff, there is a very real risk of service interruptions.
Boucher-Larivière added that the applications take time and aren’t guaranteed to be successful, but was hopeful that in the meantime a solution would be found between the provincial treasury board and the union representing the technicians, the APTS.
