Adrian Dix said the situation is especially concerning because the province is about to enter the respiratory illness season.
SURREY — British Columbia's health minister said the province's emergency rooms are seeing unusually high levels of patient demand in a trend that may be a "new normal" for hospitals.
He said the summer months of July and August usually see those numbers dip below 9,000, but that didn't happen this year. In May, Surrey Memorial's Medical Staff Association issued an open letter to management, criticizing their lack of “any tangible support” for overstretched emergency-room doctors and placing the health of Surrey residents in jeopardy.
The hospital is now posting another 64 positions. It has hired 39 foreign-educated nurses among 146 such personnel added throughout Fraser Health. "Their approach was of course positive," he said of the doctors' response. "But they're also dealing with what has been an extraordinary and unprecedented summer of activity in our health care system, one that we expect to continue through respiratory illness season."
"I think it's fair to say that Surrey, more than any other community in British Columbia, suffered most from the neglect of the health care system from 2001 to 2017," Dix said. "These won't instantly make things better, but they have a positive effect."
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