ER Closures

• B.C. First Nation creates own emergency health team amid repeated Lillooet ER closures

  T'itq'et First Nations members have taken matters into their own hands, forming their own emergency health response team in the wake of repeated ER closures.

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  Nov 15
  
• Rural B.C. mayors band together to press for fix to emergency room closures

  The action comes after communities including Oliver, Merritt, Williams Lake and Lillooet have faced repeated ER closures driven primarily by staffing shortages.

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  Nov 8
  
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• Frustration mounts over repeated E.R. closures across B.C. interior

  While many are calling the emergency room situation 'intolerable,' British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix said 'everything possible' is being done to fix it.

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  Sep 2
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• More emergency rooms closed in B.C. over weekend due to staffing shortages

  Meanwhile, the mayor of one community on Haida Gwaii says the Northern Health Authority's funding should be questioned due to multiple ER closures.

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  Aug 19
• Another emergency room closed in B.C. due to lack of staffing

  The emergency room at Lillooet Hospital will be closed from 7 a.m. on Monday until 8 a.m. on Tuesday. It is the latest in a list of closures across B.C.

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  Aug 5
• ‘Can’t take it anymore’: Interior Health ER closures prompt call for internal audit

  The mayor of Williams Lake is calling on Interior Health to conduct an internal audit after Cariboo Memorial Hospital was temporarily closed 10 times in July.

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  Jul 29
• Merritt, B.C. mayor has strong words for province over rural ER closures

  On Tuesday, B.C. Premier David Eby said the province struggles to maintain staffing for some of those key health-care positions, especially in rural areas.

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  Jul 9
• Merritt Mayor plans to withhold tax funds from province amid temporary ER closures

  The ER at the Nicola Valley Hospital has been closed more than a dozen times this year, three this month.

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  Oct 1, 2023
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• Ontario extends funding that helps certain hospitals avoid temporary ER closures

  Ontario is extending funding that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid temporary ER closures, after previously saying it would end after the summer.

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  Sep 20, 2023
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• ‘At a tipping point’: Oliver mayor speaks out following multiple ER closures

  The emergency room at the South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver was closed again from 6 p.m. Wednesday Sept.13 to 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14.

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  Sep 13, 2023