Oliver Hospital

• Staff shortages prompt temporary closure to ER at South Okanagan hospital

  From midnight to 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 19, emergency services will be unavailable and patients can access care at Penticton Regional Hospital.

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  Dec 18, 2022
  
• Emergency department at hospital in Oliver, B.C. to undergo overnight closure

  Interior Health announced that South Okanagan General Hospital’s emergency department 'will go on diversion' from Thursday at 6 p.m., to Friday at 8 a.m.

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  Aug 18, 2022
  
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• ‘Lives will be lost’: Oliver town council to address ER closures at UBCM

  For the second time in three weeks, the emergency department at South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver underwent an overnight closure on Saturday, July 6.

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  Jul 10, 2019
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• Oliver to pay for temporary doctor housing near South Okanagan General Hospital

  In late February, the towns of Oliver and Osoyoos received a letter from medical providers in the South Okanagan requesting housing for locum doctors.

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  Apr 11, 2019
• Osoyoos, Oliver asked to provide housing for locum ER doctors

  Health-care officials say the solution to staffing shortages in the Oliver hospital's ER is providing housing to locum doctors, but ER physicians say the real problem is pay inequity.

  Health

  Mar 31, 2019
• ‘It seems kind of crazy’: Oliver councillors demand action on hospital ER staffing shortages

  Town councillors in Oliver, B.C. are demanding answers about delays in solving the staffing shortage crisis at South Okanagan General Hospital (SOGH).

  Jan 30, 2019
• Interior Health CEO addresses myriad of issues facing rural Oliver hospital

  The President and CEO of the Interior Health Authority (IHA) visited the South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver, B.C. on Friday and addressed a myriad of issues facing the rural hospital.

  Feb 2, 2018
• ‘They are long overdue’: upgrades proposed for Oliver hospital ER

  Renovations are proposed for the emergency department at the South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver.

  Jan 18, 2018
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• ‘It’s unacceptable’: Oliver residents lament temporary ER closure

  Osoyoos and Oliver area residents are criticizing the temporary closure of the South Okanagan General Hospital’s emergency department, scheduled for 6pm Friday to 8am Saturday.

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  Jun 16, 2017
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• Last minute reprieve saves Oliver ER from weekend closure

  There’s been an eleventh hour reprieve preventing the temporary weekend closure of the south Okanagan General Hospital’s emergency department in Oliver.

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  Jun 2, 2017