Surrey, B.C., ER doctors call for ‘new leadership’ amid ‘toxic’ work environment

British Columbia politicians are celebrating connecting more people with family doctors, but it comes as emergency room physicians at Surrey Memorial Hospital say conditions there continue to crumble.A letter sent to the president of Fraser Health authority Dr. Victoria Lee, and published online, warns that deteriorating conditions in the department are “unequivocally leading to substandard care” and creating an “increasingly toxic work environment.”