Health Minister Adrian Dix is planning a summer tour of hospitals across the province in the hopes of addressing the broad issue of health-care and acute-care demand.
While announcing a host of short-, medium- and long-term solutions and actions for Surrey Memorial Hospital Wednesday (June 7), Dix said he would be meeting with hospitals over the summer B次元官网网址渢o find solutions for their workplaces that work for them.B次元官网网址�
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Dix said one of the common challenges is with the increased demand, is hospitals are running over capacity. Those periods are usually followed by periods of running under capacity, which B次元官网网址渁llows people to breathe a little bit,B次元官网网址� but thatB次元官网网址檚 not the case anymore.
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He said what happens in emergency departments is B次元官网网址渒ind of a bellwetherB次元官网网址� of what happens elsewhere in the health-care system.
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It comes as health care across the province is at a breaking point, with some hospitals closing overnight or over weekends due to staffing issues.
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At Surrey Memorial, Dix said the governmentB次元官网网址檚 plan B次元官网网址渂olstersB次元官网网址� and buildings on consultation with staff. Some of the short-term actions include: working with hospitalists to stabilize physician workforces, opening a care and triage unit in emergency, and increasing funding available for coverage. In the medium-term, plans include refreshing clinical service planning, expanding renal services within 18 months, building a second interventional radiology suite and completing the renovation of the existing operating rooms.
Asked if other regions and hospitals could see similar solutions, Dix said B次元官网网址渋tB次元官网网址檚 different in different places.B次元官网网址�
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He pointed to a recent conversation with health-care workers in Fort St. James, which has a team-based care approach.
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Dix didnB次元官网网址檛 give a specific list of which areas heB次元官网网址檒l be visiting for the meetings.
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