The oncology department at Kelowna General Hospital is running at 55 per cent of it’s intended staffing until at least the fall, causing “record” wait times for patients, according to a leaked internal memo from this week.
One of the fallouts from the staffing challenges noted in the memo is the possibility that both “planned or urgent in-patient chemotherapy” may not be offered at KGH.
“We may not be able to provide this option to regional patients until a longer term solution is found,” the memo states. “We may need to refer patients to another region for therapy, if capacity exists elsewhere.”
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