By MIKE YOUDS
Daily News Staff Reporter
The union representing lab services technicians is upset the Interior Health Authority has violated their collective agreement when the ink has barely dried.
But an official with the IHA insisted Tuesday the health authority did consult the Health Sciences Association in accordance with the union contract.
Overcrowding at a hospital has potentially fatal consequences. It's not just a matter of discomfort and indignity.
Hospital overcrowding has potentially fatal consequences. It's not just a matter of discomfort and indignity.
Health professionals are raising the alarm because we need to care for all patients thoroughly and quickly. But when a hospital is regularly forced to admit up to 29 percent more patients than capacity - 44 more than the 148 beds at Vernon Jubilee - lives are at stake. Surgeries are cancelled.
The people of Vernon deserve better.
Dear Editor:
Overcrowding at a hospital has potentially fatal consequences. It's not just a matter of discomfort and indignity.
Health professionals are raising the alarm because we need to care for all patients thoroughly and quickly. But when a hospital is regularly forced to admit up to 29 per cent more patients than capacity - 44 more than the 148 beds at Vernon Jubilee - lives are at stake. Surgeries are cancelled. The people of Vernon deserve better.
Editor's note: October 24-30 was officially designated as Respiratory Therapy Week. Kevin Abney, a member of the respiratory therapy department at Penticton Regional Hospital, presents this first-hand look at his career choice.
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During Respiratory Therapy Week, I found myself looking back at where it all started for me and how a few youthful teenage choices resulted in a career I am truly happy in.
