Overview

• The seven specialists will remain on site for at least 90 days during a phased withdrawal, with coordinated patient notifications and transfers if required.
• Interior Health is offering locum coverage at $7,100 per day with overnight premiums and says other surgeons can perform C-sections to maintain urgent care.
• Officials say they have shortlisted more than a dozen OB/GYN candidates and aim to expedite hiring to stabilize the department.
• Health Minister Josie Osborne says a new contract that would significantly raise OB/GYN compensation is nearing completion.
• The resignations follow years of shortages that recently forced Kamloops’ busiest maternity clinic to halt new referrals, with professional groups warning locums cannot replace continuity for high-risk pregnancies.