Rural Health Care

• Health authorities warn of potential maternity care reductions

  Staffing challenges at hospitals in Prince George and Kamloops mean expectant parents needing specialized care may need to be transferred to other hospitals.

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  Jul 26, 2025
  
• B.C. paramedics raise concern about new ambulance policy, especially in rural areas

  More than half of ambulance calls that are placed in B.C. are assessed as non-urgent, according to the Ambulance Paramedics of BC.

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  Nov 14, 2024
  
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• 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, 2024
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• Double-lung transplant patient recovering, but says B.C. system still needs work

  When Global News first met Christina Derksen-Unrau, she was unable to walk more than a few steps and was constantly short of breath due to asthma, emphysema and lung cancer.

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  Aug 22, 2024
• Alberta physicians to receive funding based on patient roster size

  The funding provided is based on the number of patients on a physician's panel. The minimum number of continual patients required to receive payments is 500.

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  Mar 24, 2024
• B.C. patients forced to travel need more financial support, advocates say

  Every year thousands of patients living in rural communities must travel from their homes to major centres where specialized care exists, often facing steep out of pocket costs.

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  Mar 19, 2024
• B.C. senior discharged from hospital alone with no ride to home 120km away

  A B.C. senior said she was discharged from hospital in Kamloops at night with no way to get back to her home in Clearwater 120 kilometres away.

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  Mar 7, 2024
• New study aims to collect, amplify rural voices in B.C. health care ‘crisis’

  According to the research team, many thousands of rural residents "often feel their health-care needs are overshadowed by urban-focused health policies."

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  Aug 1, 2023
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• ‘Dire situation’ in rural Alberta hospital set to be resolved, ER to re-open

  Oyen, Alta., is seeing most of its hospital services restored after being without a 24/7 emergency department or any acute care beds for several months.

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  Apr 6, 2023
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• Saskatchewan announces $6.9 billion health care budget for 2023-24

  The government announced an additional $431 million to the Ministry of Health's budget in comparison to last year, totaling a 6.7 per cent increase.

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  Mar 22, 2023