https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/unbc-accelerated-nursing-program-prince-george-1.6944564 “Heather McAleney, a former summer camp counsellor from #Fort StJohn in #northernBC., recently graduated with a #nursing degree in May. She secured a registered nurse position at a hospital in #DawsonCreek, about 75 kilometres away.

“There are various numbers and statistics to quantify how short-staffed the #healthcare system is in #NorthernBC but it’s the toll .. that shows just how dire the situation is.
Some drive hours for routine medical tests, others must gauge the next closest hospital when faced with a temporary closure of their community’s [ER], patients completing their 2nd trimester of pregnancy.. must relocate to larger towns in order to safely deliver their babies.” #NorthernHealth

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/poaching-profiting-forced-moves-realities-of-inequitable-healthcare-in-northern-b-c-1.6285497