Surgeries Cancelled

• ‘Drop everything’: Looking back at the week COVID-19 changed everything in B.C.

  Global News chief political correspondent Keith Baldrey looks back at the moment COVID-19 would change everything in B.C.

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  Mar 16
  
• ‘ICU is becoming overwhelmed’ says Kelowna hospital emergency doctor

  Eppler told Global News the hospital is seeing far more COVID patients being hospitalized, including being admitted into the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

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  Aug 18, 2021
  
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• Surgery postponed for dozens of orthopedic patients at Royal Alexandra Hospital

  A post-surgical physician shortage led to the cancellation of dozens of orthopedic operations at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton Monday.

  Health

  Aug 16, 2021
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• B.C. cancels 1,750 scheduled surgeries in Lower Mainland as COVID-19 hospitalizations surge

  Health Minister Adrian Dix says there is room in B.C. hospitals but staff are exhausted and the move is necessary to ensure surge capacity is protected.

  Health

  Apr 22, 2021
• ‘I’m waiting by the phone’: B.C. patients face painful wait for surgeries cancelled for COVID-19

  B.C. has cancelled about 11,000 surgeries to free up hospital beds in preparation for a possible wave of serious COVID-19 cases, but when they'll be rescheduled remains unclear.

  Apr 13, 2020
• St. Boniface hospital delays plans to reopen operating rooms

  St. Boniface hospital has had to delay plans to reopen its operating rooms Friday, forcing doctors to cancel more surgeries.

  Health

  Jan 31, 2014
• Surgical shutdown at St. Boniface hospital could last weeks: official

  It could take "weeks" to fix the problem that forced St. Boniface hospital to shut down 14 operating rooms, forcing the cancellation of dozens of elective surgeries so far.

  Health

  Jan 23, 2014