Surrey Memorial Hospital Crisis

• Surrey hospital won’t have emergency team for parts of May long weekend, doctor claims

  A Code Blue team handles patients who require resuscitation or immediate attention, most often as a result of cardiac or respiratory arrest.

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  May 1, 2024
  
• Surrey Memorial Hospital to get new acute care tower

  One ER physician recently told Global News that not even the construction of the new hospital in Cloverdale will be enough to meet the region's current needs.

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  Mar 11, 2024
  
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• Days after doctors protest, B.C. breaks ground on second Surrey hospital

  A long-awaited and often-promised second hospital for the City of Surrey marked a milestone today with a groundbreaking ceremony promising the opening of the new facility by 2029.

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  Sep 12, 2023
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• Surrey Memorial Hospital strained, but not in crisis: Fraser Health president

  "I do believe we're at a crux and at a point in the health system (where) we need to make transformative changes, and I think that's part of where we are at."

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  Jun 1, 2023
• ‘Stark’ funding disparity highlighted amid crisis at Surrey Memorial Hospital

  Surrey is among the fastest-growing cities in Canada, but while Vancouver has four hospitals, each of which has an emergency room, Surrey has but one.

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  May 31, 2023
• Fraser Health tries to fill shifts at Surrey Memorial Hospital as staff warn of ER diversion

  Global News has obtained an email from Fraser Health calling on hospitalists to backfill 18 shifts at Surrey Memorial Hospital as the need for hospitalists remains dire.

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  May 30, 2023
• Women’s health providers slam Surrey Memorial Hospital’s resource crisis in letter

  According to the letter, the challenges have resulted in one newborn death, "countless near misses" and "moral injury" to care providers at the beleaguered hospital.

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  May 29, 2023