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As pandemic-related hospitalizations hit record highs in B.C. on Thursday, the B.C. Nurses’ Union said staff shortages will compromise patient care if numbers continue to rise.
“Nurses repeat to me every day that they are working in an untenable situation,” said BCNU president Christine Sorensen. “Across the province, we are seeing capacity problems. Some of these problems are not new, but COVID-19 is increasing that pressure.”
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Hospital occupancy across the province was at 92.4 per cent of total beds and 80.5 per cent of critical care beds on Thursday, according to Health Minister Adrian Dix. When “surge beds” are added, occupancy drops to 56.5 per cent of critical care beds.
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B.C. hospitals, faced with record-breaking numbers of COVID-19 patients in critical care, are cancelling surgeries and redeploying health workers.
Hospitals around the province are at capacity and are struggling to meet the needs of a rising number of critically ill patients. That has forced the cancellation of surgeries in the health regions of Vancouver Coastal and Fraser this week, while critical-care nurses are being reassigned to help in those hospitals in Surrey, Abbotsford and New Westminster that are stretched thin.