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And although the provincewide rate of death declined slightly to 42.7 per 100,000 residents, record high rates were recorded in Northern Health (59.5), Interior Health (46) and Island Health (43.6).
Island Health added that it was committed to rescheduling postponed surgeries as soon as possible, and that it was in the midst of an “aggressive nation-wide recruitment campaign.”
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9948534/victoria-operating-room-closure-surgery-delays/
Island Health demonstrated the technology at the Comox Valley Nursing Centre in Courtenay March 15 as part of a trial in a group of washrooms identified high-risk spaces for drug poisonings.
Regardless of staffing issues, North Island residents were loud and clear at the rally that their voices have been ignored for too long by Island Health.
The cost of the project is an estimated $41.6 million and is shared between Island Health, the Nanaimo Regional Hospital District and the Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation, according to the province.
The solution Island Health has apparently come up with — to pay contract physicians, typically on-call from home, to stay overnight in the hospital — isn’t sustainable for staff, or good for patients, according to Rustad.
Source: https://www.gulfislandsdriftwood.com/lady-minto-hospital-staffing-shortage-persists/
The Vancouver Island Health Authority was quick to respond saying that they will still be working with the current physician to attract doctors to the area.