SOGH

• ‘Not the silver bullet’: Solutions approved for ongoing ER closures in Oliver, B.C.

  Fllowing UBCM last week, a new payment program for physicians in Oliver has been approved.

  Health

  Sep 28, 2023
  
• Hospital emergency department in Oliver to undergo another temporary closure

  The emergency department in Oliver is normally open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

  Health

  Sep 16, 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.

  Health

  Sep 13, 2023
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• Renovations at South Okanagan General Hospital now complete

  The upgrades include a new waiting and triage area, a quiet room for families and a separate emergency department entrance.

  Health

  Jan 17, 2020
• ‘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.

  Health

  Jul 10, 2019
• 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
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• South Okanagan General Hospital emergency department to close for 14 hours this weekend

  The health authority is blaming the closure on “limited physician availability.”

  Health

  Jun 15, 2017