Thread by @brish_ti

#NEW: Internal email shared with @CapitalDailyVic shows #yyj hospitals are too full to accept patients and are considering emergency steps like renting hotel rooms.

Healthcare workers say #COVID19 hospitalizations on the rise + surgeries being postponed

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@CapitalDailyVic “I am writing to let you all know that we are facing an extreme overcensus situation at all of our acute care sites,” reads the email which was sent to staff at Victoria General Hospital, and shared with @zoeducklow

#COVID19BC

According to ER physician Dr. Jeff Unger, all 3 ERs (RJH, VGH, Saan Pen) were full on Sunday and RJH was on ambulance diversion for a part of the night.

A nurse at RJH tells us surgeries are being postponed because there are too many COVID patients in surgical units.

This surge—predicted by healthcare workers and experts—coincides with employee burnout & a staffing crisis, plus a lack of daily hospitalization and death data, making it much more difficult to tell what's really happening.

Full story @CapitalDailyVic
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https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1519065418219999233

Now that the health authority/ministry has tracked this down, here is the memo in its entirety.

(Not sharing the exact photo that was sent to @zoeducklow due to concerns that it could be traced back to the source)