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All four doctors assigned to a specialized respiratory-care unit that has been beset by allegations of substandard care have recently resigned, with one physician agreeing to stay on for now.

The Camille-Lefebvre wing of the Lachine Hospital is home to some of Montreal’s heaviest-needs patients, many of whom are hooked to breathing machines and feeding tubes.

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A hospital employee who spoke on condition that he not be identified because he is not authorized to speak to reporters, told the Montreal Gazette that the work is highly demanding and emotionally exhausting, and that the doctors left because their pleas for additional support led nowhere.

Hospital officials said there is nothing unusual in personnel moves at a health facility or between institutions.

However, the resignations — announced to hospital officials in the summer and in effect as of October — come against a backdrop of allegations from families that patients at Camille-Lefebvre are receiving shoddy care.