Staffing pressures once again threaten closure of Kamloops area’s largest obstetrical clinic

BC Conservative MLAs blast NDP over ‘precarious’ maternity care gaps in Kamloops

Two Conservative MLAs have lambasted Interior Health (IH) after an announcement of gaps in maternity care in Kamloops. On Wednesday, the health authority announced that they had been informed by the Thompson Region Family Obstetrics (TRFO) that new referrals were being closed. A news release said the decision is meant to allow the physician group to dedicate available physician resources to critical 24-7 labor and delivery services at Royal Inla…

Staffing pressures once again threaten closure of Kamloops area’s largest obstetrical clinic

KAMLOOPS — For the second time in less than three years, the region’s largest obstetrics clinic has stopped accepting new referrals. In a letter to Kamloops-and-area healthcare providers obtained by CFJC Today, the doctors who run the Thompson Region Family Obstetrics (TRFO) clinic in Royal Inland Hospital say the move is effective immediately. In the letter dated September 3, TRFO says its doctors will care for its current patient load over the…

Kamloops maternity care squeezed again as clinic shuts out new patients

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