VANCOUVER CTV News Vancouver has learned a vice president and chief operating officer at Vancouver Coastal Health has been abruptly removed from her position without any explanation to staff or senior administrators, and the health authority is refusing to discuss the issue publicly. Karin Olson, who is vice president and chief operating officer of the coastal district within VCH, was removed from her positions at the end of January in a move that came as a surprise to staff who’d worked under her at Lions Gate Hospital. “This unexpected news has come as quite a shock to many of the medical staff,” reads an internal memo sent to the hospital’s medical staff on Jan. 31 and obtained by CTV News.