University Hospital of Northern B.C. in Prince George is one of the hospitals reactivating its emergency operations centre.
Health Minister Adrian Dix said Friday they've been coping with an unprecedented increase in demand in the health-care system.
There were 10,226 patients in B.C.'s hospitals on Friday, a six per cent jump from 9,637 on New Year's Eve.“It’s not a question of it going higher," Dix said, referring to the number of people in hospital. "We need to manage the situation that we have and then create space, potentially, and ensure that we have space for people who need care.”
Dix said the centres will be in place for at least six weeks and leadership teams will review hospital bed availability and identify solutions to ease emergency department congestion. Staff at the centres will help patients who are ready to be discharged in an attempt to reduce overall hospital occupancy and ensure emergency departments have patient care beds available. "It has been unrelenting," he said.
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