South Okanagan General Hospital

• Emergency departments in Oliver, Keremeos to undergo temporary weekend closures

  Citing staff shortages, Interior Health says the affected hospitals are South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver and South Similkameen Health Centre in Keremeos.

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  Dec 23, 2022
  
• 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
  
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• Emergency department at South Okanagan General Hospital to undergo another overnight closure

  Another closure at the Oliver, B.C. hospital will run from Saturday at 6 p.m., to Sunday at 8 a.m., with Interior Health saying emergency services will be unavailable.

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  Aug 19, 2022
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• 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
• Emergency department in Oliver closed Sunday due to staffing issues

  The South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver will be closed on Sunday until 6 p.m.

  Health

  Jul 17, 2022
• ‘We are definitely in a crisis’: South Okanagan mayors working to tackle doctor shortage

  Oliver Mayor Martin Johansen says the South Okanagan is approaching 5,000 patients being unattached.

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  Jul 5, 2022
• 8 residents test positive for COVID-19 at Oliver, B.C., long-term care home

  Interior Health said "extensive testing" of staff and residents is underway.

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  Dec 7, 2020
• 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.

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  Jan 17, 2020
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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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• Emergency department at Oliver hospital to again undergo temporary overnight closure

  As was the case on June 15, Interior Health says the overnight closure is due to a lack of physician coverage.

  Health

  Jul 5, 2019