Postponed Surgeries
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Record number of surgeries performed in B.C. in 2022, pandemic catchup almost doneBetween 2022 and the end of March, staff performed 350,886 surgeries across the province, an increase of four per cent from the same timeframe between 2019 and 2020.HealthMay 11, 2023
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‘Getting pretty desperate’: Waitlist for orthopaedic surgery grows in B.C. as pandemic continuesThere are more than 1,200 patients on the orthopaedic surgical waitlist in Kelowna alone, according to the B.C. Orthopaedic Association.HealthMar 22, 2022
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Nearly 100% of surgeries postponed in B.C. during early pandemic now completeHealth Minister Adrian Dix said 99.8 per cent of surgeries postponed in the first wave, and 94.2 per cent of those postponed in the second and third waves, are done.HealthMar 1, 2022
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Alberta says surgery backlog has stabilized at 81,600 following latest COVID-19 waveJason Copping says the wait list stood at 68,000 cases before the pandemic began and has been rising and falling as waves of COVID-19 have swept through.HealthDec 9, 2021
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Some B.C. surgeries postponed due to unvaccinated health-care workersHealth Minister Adrian Dix said 3,325 health-care workers, or about 2.6 per cent of the workforce, are not yet vaccinated and have been placed on unpaid leave.HealthNov 1, 2021
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NSHA reports 3,200 surgeries postponed during pandemicNova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) put a hold on some of its non-emergency services after the COVID-19 state of emergency was declared.EconomyJun 11, 2020
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All surgeries at Pasqua Hospital still being postponedAll emergency and elective surgeries are being postponed or moved at the Pasqua Hospital after a ventilation system failure Monday afternoon.HealthJan 10, 2017
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Bulk of postponed surgeries at Halifax hospital to happen this summerThe Nova Scotia Health Authority says the bulk of surgeries that were postponed due to a sterilizer malfunction at Halifax's QEII Health Sciences Centre will be completed this summer.HealthMay 14, 2015
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Edmonton police investigate after email forces 23 surgeries to be postponedAlberta Health Services postponed several surgeries Monday after receiving an email "that has led to further investigation requiring assistance by (the) Edmonton Police Service."CrimeMay 4, 2015
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Sharp increase in cancelled surgeries at Stollery Children’s Hospital: NDPAlberta's New Democrats say hospital overcrowding, particularly at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, is causing even more cancelled surgeries.HealthMar 16, 2015
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