Central Okanagan MLAs renew calls for health minister to visit Kelowna hospital amid crisis
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B.C.'s health minister is again being called on to visit Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) amid an ongoing pediatric crisis.
B.C.’s health minister is again being called on to visit Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) amid an ongoing pediatric crisis.
The calls are being renewed by local Conservative MLAs, Gavin Dew (Kelowna-Mission), Kristina Loewen (Kelowna Centre) and Macklin McCall (West Kelowna-Peachland).
“It is ridiculously irresponsible that this far in the crisis, minister of health Josie Osborne has not yet showed up once,” Dew said.
“She has never set foot in Kelowna General Hospital.”
The trio held a news conference outside of KGH Monday afternoon to address the ongoing pediatric ward closure, which has now entered a fifth week. The 10-bed pediatric unit closed on May 26 as Interior Health (IH) struggles to retain an adequate number of pediatricians working at the hospital.
IH has said it was a difficult but necessary decision to close the ward for at least six weeks to protect pediatrician coverage for critical services, such as high-risk deliveries.
All three MLAs told reporters they are being inundated with messages from concerned constituents.
“Our MLA office emails are lighting up,” Loewen said. “It’s constant, it’s the number one issue right now.”
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