In response to physicians in Kelowna who sounded the alarm on an unfolding "paediatric care crisis" and "unsafe" maternity and gynecological supports at the Kelowna General Hospital (KGH), Interior Health is explaining its next steps and plan forward.

Due to staff shortages that began on May 26, Kelowna's only hospital closed its paediatric unit for an expected period of six weeks. Concurrently, there are staff shortages on the maternity ward and KGH obstetricians say they will be stretched beyond their capabilities to care for all high risk deliveries, patients in labour who do not have a primary care provider, and those who present to the emergency department with gynecological or maternity concerns.

In an interview with Black Press on June 5, Susan Brown, the president and CEO of Inte

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