Overview

• Island Health’s chief medical officer confirms a joint review with Emergency Health Services, B.C. Children’s Hospital and Child Health B.C. has begun with direct engagement of the Robbins family
• Nikki and Marty Robbins say their requests for autopsy findings and a coroner’s inquest into their son’s November death remain unanswered
• The province has expanded pediatric transport capacity and plans to bring in doctors trained abroad, supported by the SFU medical school opening this fall
• Staffing gaps have forced Kelowna General’s pediatric ward to close and led to nearly 250 emergency room shutdowns in rural and remote communities this year
• Doctors of B.C. and B.C. Nurses’ Union leaders are calling for a province-wide stabilization strategy to prevent resource shifting and reduce care disparities