In an interview on Thursday, Victoria Lee ensured that patient care remains a priority and that this is also the case for providers Absolutely dedicated and committed to providing the best possible care. She also argued that people should feel safe in the area’s emergency rooms.

” If I have an emergency, I go to the nearest emergency room, including a Fraser Health Authority hospital […]. »

In recent weeks, more than 100 medical professionals from area hospitals have issued open letters denouncing the catastrophic staffing shortage that is stretching emergency rooms to the limit, exhausting staff and resulting in mediocre care for patients.

Some doctors said if not more doctors could be in the hospital’s emergency room Surrey Memorialthe only possible solution would be to divert patients, ie the emergency rooms would not accept new patients until the situation was more manageable.

After Victoria LeeHowever, this measure is only taken in extreme cases and would put a strain on other emergency services, which are also overwhelmed.

According to the Health Authority’s website, the emergency room wait at Surrey Memorial was over 7 hours at around 7:30am on Friday (New window) (in English).

Looking for solutions

Victoria Lee pointed out that the health authority is discussing with the country to find solutions to the problems mentioned, but without naming which ones are involved.

Currently, we have access to additional payments and other resources for day-to-day operations to ensure we meet demand.She said.

For his part, British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix met with the region’s doctors on Wednesday.

The doctors told me […] that they wanted to be involved and I want them to be involved because when it comes to patients they have the knowledge to make the right decisionshe said after the meeting.

Based on information provided by Belle Puri, Rhianna Schmunk, the show All points west and The Canadian Press