Expectant parents who planned to give birth this month at hospitals in White Rock and Maple Ridge may have to deliver at another hospital.

A temporary shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists at Peace Arch and Ridge Meadows Hospitals on certain days of the holidays mean there will be “maternity diversions,” according to a Fraser Health news release Saturday.

Those who had planned to give birth at the hospitals “may be guided to another maternity site to ensure they receive safe, uninterrupted care,” according to the release.

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The first diversion will take place at Peace Arch Hospital, running from Dec. 7 at 8 a.m. to Dec. 10 at 8 a.m.

Fraser Health has created a webpage where it is posting information o

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