VANCOUVER Declining COVID-19 case numbers have given many British Columbians hope for the summer. The province has promised if specific targets are met, residents could soon enjoy much more freedom. But for the professionals working tirelessly inside Surrey Memorial Hospital’s COVID-19 intensive care unit, the fight is far from over. I think it ll be pretty overwhelming when you sit and reflect on everything that s gone on because we ve seen a lot, it s been very traumatic, says Manjot Kaur, an ICU Nurse. We have to tough it through because it’s our job and we want to help. Surrey has been a COVID-19 hotspot for much of the pandemic, meaning inside the hospital it has been a beehive of activity for many months now. Vaccinations are helping bend the curve back down, but with 59 people still in intensive care across the province, medical professional are not ready to relax.
Felicia McCarthy says she just wanted to pay tribute to the 215 children found buried at the Kamloops Residential School, as well as her own father, a residential school survivor.
A contractor has changed its policy after drawing criticism for telling a Surrey, B.C., hospital worker to change out of the shirt she d warn in tribute to the children found buried at the Kamloops Residential School.