Medical doctors of Keelona Normal Health facility warned of ‘cave in’ of number one maternity care protection

The doctors of the Department of Maternity and Gynecology at the Kelona General Hospital (KGH) are warning that the maternity ward is on the verge of collapse amid the lack of doctors of the family.

A joint statement of all the nine members of the department released on Thursday stated that “the safety of patients and newborns is at serious risk, without immediate action from health officials and government decision makers.”

“Due to a significant reduction of family physicians, it is capable of providing care or capable – failure in replacement recruitment – our hospital is facing the fall of its primary maternity care coverage in early June 1, 2025.

“This means that many pregnant patients can reach the hospital in labor with any doctor available to provide safe, continuous care during delivery.”

Doctors said that their concerns about employees and support have become largely unanswered and they are demanding immediate action from internal health.

The doctor representing the group rejected an interview request from CBC News.

Dr. Hosem AzamThe Executive Medical Director, for the Interior Health South, accepted the concerns of the doctors, saying that the KGH leadership is in contact with Ob regularly-gym “To address a complex issue with many columns that we need to address.”

“We are open to hear and we have trained to meet their needs and to provide the best quality care with them, which they have trained to,” Azam Said.

The President of the Professional Association of BC, Dr. Charlein Louis said that family doctors often handle low -risk patients with obstetricians who are focused on cases that are high risk and more complex.

“When we have low-risk maternity providers who are family physicians, it puts additional pressure on our maternity patients, which sometimes needs to be in several places at the same time, when an emergency arises,” Louis said.

Announced last week after the statement An extended off Pediatric unit in KGH. The Health Authority stated that it temporarily closed the pediatric care unit in the hospital to address the scheduling interval due to the availability of limited physician.

Louis said on Friday, “We are very worried that Calona General’s issues continue to move forward without a solution from the Health Authority.”

According to doctors’ letters, KGH is a regional referral center with more than 1,800 delivery each year and a Tier 4 newborn care unit (NICU) with a Tier 4 newborn intensive care unit (NICU).

Dr. Jeff AppleOn an emergency department doctor Malevolenttold CBC On Friday, it is reported that he was going to a weekend shift amidst the lack of employees, which included a pediatrician and a limited number-Gyns.

“Our employees are burning. All these service disruptions only work for all of us in the emergency department,” Apple Said.

“And even if we are all starting to burn outside, we are going to make additional changes in this summer for all shortcomings in the system.”

In a statement, BC Health Minister Josi Osborne said that parents can be assured that all the important care services of the hospital for children are open, including the Emergency Department and NICU.

BC Conservative MLA Gavin Dew described the situation in the hospital as a “government’s neglect crisis” for Kelona-Mission.

“We have many hospital departments that clearly feel as if they are not heard by people who are listening to them and resorting to making public the situation of crisis level in the hospital,” said dew.

Hospital OB-Gens said they have warned the administrators of risks, and tried to offer a solution.

“We have urged many letters, proposals and formal communications,” reads the statement. “Our concerns have become largely unanswered.”

They are asking the Ministry of internal health and BC to make a casual plan to ensure that patients are taken care of and cannot be provided locally if care is not provided to support the transfer of maternity patients.

Osborne accepted the hard work of pediatricians in KGH, saying that they are working with a shortage of staff and “experienced burnout wisely”.

He said that payment is being started with the efforts of the province for the recruitment of health care workers. Two new pediatricians have accepted proposals to work in KGH, he said, with the first set to come in July.