“They’re stretched too thin and many of these nurses have been working enormous amounts of overtime,” said Christine Sorensen, president of the BC Nurses Union. “We do know if nurses do not get the rest they need to recover from the physical impact of their work in the highly-stressful environment that they’re in, this can impact their physical health as well as (cause) moral injury. “Certainly if we have outbreaks in facilities we have to look at whether we’re placing people at risk. We are doing everything possible to keep people healthy and safe but things happen when people are exhausted.”
The steady decline in COVID-19-related hospitalizations across B.C. continued February 10, after a one-day blip yesterday, when the number of those in hospital rose slightly. There are now 230 . . .
I m monitoring for a number of things: fewer cases in our community, fewer outbreaks, or unchecked transmission in places around the province – these are important signs that we are ready [to loosen health restrictions]. Also having a better understanding of where the variants of concern are, and how they re getting into our community. B.C. now has 241 people with infections serious enough to be in hospital. That is up by seven from yesterday, and it includes 68 people whose ailments are serious enough to be in intensive care units. The province has a total of 4,393 people actively battling infections – up 417 overnight.
The COVID-19 outbreak in the internal medicine unit at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. has been declared over, Northern Health said Wednesday.