Maternity unit closure averted at Brandon hospital
CTV
A 24-hour disruption in maternity services at Brandon Regional Health Centre has been averted after the hospital managed to secure medical provider coverage.
A 24-hour disruption in maternity services at Brandon Regional Health Centre (BRHC) has been averted after the hospital managed to secure medical provider coverage.
At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Prairie Mountain Health – the authority that oversees BRHC – posted on X that coverage for maternity services had been secured for between 8 a.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday, narrowly avoiding a closure.
Earlier, the health authority had advised patients that there would be a “temporary disruption” due to an “unexpected absence.”
The closure meant expectant mothers and families would have to go elsewhere for care.
Before coverage was secured, parents said they were upset over the expected lack of services.
“It’s very frightening,” said Will, a soon-to-be father. “It’s a period of a lot of uncertainty and stress and that just piles on.
“We’ve been preparing for months, everything that we can prepare for this day, and for everything to be thrown for a loop a day before, potentially, is very stressful,” he told CTV News.
