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Surgical Crisis At NRH
posted (September 7, 2017)
There's a major health situation in the Northern Health Region - and as a result, all surgeries now have to be done at the KHMH.

A press release from the Ministry of Health says there's a problem with medical equipment maintenance in the Northern Regional Hospital's operating rooms. Specifically, they can't do any procedures requiring anesthesia.

It's a huge inconvenience for the public in the north - and a major addition of workload for the KHMH, and the Ministry says it expects a resolution before the start of this long holiday weekend.

A press release concedes that the overload in referrals to the KHMH will affect their daily operations capacity as the National Referral Hospital. That has consequences on the tenth and carnival weekend when patient load increases and a release says that other Regional Teams are also being asked to contribute so that the KHMH can manage the expected patient load.

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