RE: https://kamloops.social/@local/115798969806238724

Everyone that had scheduled your emergencies for tonight will now have to reschedule them for tomorrow.

#BCHealthcare #InteriorHealth

RE: https://kamloops.social/@local/115787554868052293

Yeah… So if you could contain your emergencies to just regular business hours, that’d be great.

#MissionBC #BCHealthCare #BCPoli

RE: https://flipboard.com/@globalnews/global-news-cu8h0oq4z/-/a-YoApobC1SKSQNkKOFYhTGg%3Aa%3A749442239-%2F0

This article doesn’t tell me enough to understand much about the different funding models or form an opinion on which is preferable. I know there’s a couple of docs on my feed. Anyone care to offer an opinion?

#BCHealth #BCHealthcare

Psst - the BC government is currently finalizing the plan for the 2026 provincial budget (which will likely be presented in February 2026). This gives us ONE LAST CHANCE to make sure that BC invests in key public health priorities in the coming year!

Join us to demand:

📈 Wastewater monitoring & communicable disease dashboard updates year round
💨 Clean air measures
💉 Vaccine access, inclusing Novavax
🧪 Access to COVID tests
😷 N95s for healthcare workers
🏥 Improved Long Covid care

Visit https://donoharmbc.ca/bc-budget-2026-campaign/ to get our easy email script - or simply add your representative to your holiday card list, because mail to MLAs is free!

#BCBudget2026 #BCpoli #BCHealthCare #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #Postcards4PublicHealth

https://www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kamloops/Interior_Health_recruits_two_new_OB_GYNs_to_bolster_Kamloops_maternity_care/?utm_source=KamloopsBCNow%3A+Stuff+That+Matters&utm_campaign=bd4a1af49f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c6c74ff35d-bd4a1af49f-632038545 #BCHealthcare

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/12/17/Why-BC-Emergency-Departments-Crowded/ “Today’s problems are the result of downsizing in the late 1980s and 1990s, when provinces and territories slashed the acute care capacities of their hospitals by around 30 per cent,” #BCHealthcare

ACTION ALERT 📣 BC is falling behind in protecting patients, healthcare workers, and our healthcare system. As we enter fall and winter, Newfoundland, Labrador, PEI, and major Quebec and Ontario hospitals have already restored mask requirements in medical settings – yet so far, BC has failed to take action.

Instead of masks in healthcare, BC has:
🏥 increasing hospital & ER closures (over 250 so far this year)
🚨 expert warnings about the possibility of the "worst kind of flu season”, due to a mismatch between the current vaccine and an emerging dominant strain
🦠 a global surge of COVID-19
🐓 a rise in avian influenza outbreaks
☣️ increased measles exposures in BC, coupled with the loss of Canada’s measles elimination status 😭😭😭

It’s past time for action. Head to https://donoharmbc.ca/masks-in-healthcare/ to join our renewed calls for BC to restore healthcare mask protections ASAP - and to improve them by closing loopholes and making respirators (like N95 masks) the default choice 😷

#KeepMasksInHealthcare #MaskUp #MasksSaveLives #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #BCHealthcare #COVID19BC #measles #h5n1

“B.C. doctors pen letter in support of Kamloops OBGYNs as opposition MLAs press government on maternity crisis”

#BCNews #BCHealthCare #InteriorHealth #KamloopsBC
https://cfjctoday.com/2025/10/27/numerous-b-c-doctors-pen-letter-in-support-of-kamloops-obgyns-as-opposition-mlas-press-government-on-maternity-crisis/

It’s interesting watching the people of #KamloopsBC losing their minds about first all the OBGYNs quitting, and now all the Psychiatrists, considering how they hard they keep voting Conservative at every level.

Folks, this is the plan working exactly as intended.

#BCPoli #BCHealthcare

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/private-addiction-treatment-centres-unregulated-danger-9.6948952

“The lack of substantive regulations governing private residential substance use treatment centres is an issue former B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe has been trying to raise awareness about for years.” #BCHealthcare

https://cfjctoday.com/2025/10/16/cardiac-care-unit-at-rih-to-remain-closed-iccha-wish-fund-cancels-annual-fundraiser/

“the ICCHA-Wish Coronary Care Unit at RIH remains closed due to a shortage of specialized cardiac nurses.” #BCHealthcare

We asked BC’ers... do you have free healthcare? The results will SHOCK you into reading our full healthcare platform, now on our website ⚡ #bcpoli #bchealthcare

https://bcmj.org/articles/trends-wait-times-scheduled-surgeries-british-columbia #BCHealthcare

https://cheknews.ca/b-c-says-780-u-s-healthcare-workers-applied-for-jobs-in-past-2-months-1266915/

“2,250 healthcare workers – either signed up for webinars or expressed interest in working in the province since March.

That total includes 827 doctors, 851 nurses, 254 nurse practitioners and 256 allied health professionals”
#bchealthcare

Advocacy alert 📣 Right now, BC is deciding what to spend money on in 2026 - and we need YOUR help getting key health priorities into the #BCBudget !

The province is asking British Columbians for our ideas for Budget 2026. We think they should include things like:
💨 #CleanAir measures
💉 Vaccine access including #Novavax
😷 N95s and tests
🩺 Better care for #LongCovid (and other complex chronic illnesses)

Join us to help make it happen! You can submit your budget ideas til Friday, June 20 at 2 pm - and we even have some template answers to make it easier: https://donoharmbc.ca/bc-government-2026-budget-consultation/

We’ve seen before that advocacy makes a difference. In 2024, DoNoHarm BC’s budget campaign resulted in a commitment of over $3 billion in continued pandemic funding!

Let’s call on B.C. gov to put their money where their mouth is, when it comes to supporting the health of all British Columbians.

#CovidIsNotOver #BCHealthCare #Covid19BC #CleanAir

Advocacy opportunity 📣 Want to speak directly to leadership at some of BC's health authorities? Some of the HAs have (virtual or telephone) public board meetings or town halls coming soon!

- Vancouver Coastal Health, June 11 (focused on Richmond healthcare topics) - by telephone:
https://www.vch.ca/en/about-us/get-involved/open-board-forums
- Interior Health, June 18 - held virtually via livestream: https://www.interiorhealth.ca/about-ih/leadership/board-of-directors#addressing-the-board
- Northern Health, July 16 - held virtually: https://www.northernhealth.ca/about-us/leadership/upcoming-board-meetings

Want sample wording about why we need mask requirements year round? Nab some from our ongoing campaign: https://donoharmbc.ca/masks-in-healthcare/

#Covid19BC #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #Measles #AvianFlu #BCHealthCare

Join our allies Millions Missing BC this Saturday, May 10 to demand safe & adequate medical care for people with #MECFS & #LongCovid! Raise your voice in-person (& in N95s) at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver, catch the livestream, or submit a message for them to send to policy-makers. RSVP or send your message: https://forms.gle/uWWfUx34VNNXhhAW9

You can also find more access info & invite others through the FB event: https://facebook.com/events/s/millions-missing-vancouver-202/1370629570640827/

#MillionsMissing #MillionsMissing2025 #pwME #LongHaulers #PostViralIllness #BCHealthcare

Breaking news: @protect_bc and @cancovsoc are joining @DoNoHarmBC in our calls to keep and strengthen mask protections in BC healthcare 😷 Patients, healthcare workers, and health advocates are sharing stark accounts of healthcare hazards in some settings right now, which would only be compounded if mask rules were discarded. Read the joint press release now at DoNoHarmBC.ca/press, alongside accounts from people across the province.

Is there a reporter or outlet you think should be covering this story, and spotlighting the reality in BC healthcare? Be sure to let them know! Our press kit is available at https://bit.ly/press-kit-masks-25Mar25

#KeepMasksInHealthcare #VulnerabilityIsntSeasonal #BCHealthcare #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #h5n1 #measles

Security, criminal charges, accountability: #BChealthcare workers demand response to violence https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/security-criminal-charges-accountability-bc-healthcare-workers-demand-response-to-violence/ “the unions for B.C. nurses and paramedics describe increasing assault reports in recent years, while the #DoctorsofBC say their members are facing more and more patients enraged at long waits for care: threats, shoving, and dangerous weapons have all been reported to supervisors and police.”

Did you know? Phone calls can be one of the most impactful ways to reach policy-makers 📞 If you’ve already sent some emails demanding consistent mask coverage in healthcare year-round, why not join us to flood the lines with calls as well?

It just takes a few minutes, and has a big impact! For those who don’t have capacity to have phone convos, you can also call after business hours and leave a message.

Let’s make our voices heard 📣

BC Health Minister: 250-953-3547
PHO Office: 250-952-1330
BC CDC: 604-707-2400
BC Premier: 250-387-1715
Find your MLA and other key contacts: https://donoharmbc.ca/contact-list/

#KeepMasksInHealthcare #N95 #BCHealthCare #CovidIsNotOver #H5N1 #measles