Q-and-A: In conversation with RIH administrator Tracey Rannie
KAMLOOPS — CFJC Today’s Michael Reeve interviewed Tracey Rannie, executive director of clinical operations at Royal Inland Hospital, on Tuesday (May 17). This is a transcript of that interview.
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What is going on with the staffing complement at RIH? About a month ago we heard staffing levels were down around the 50 per cent mark. And then this most recent weekend we are learning a whole ward had to be shut down and some patients were transferred. What is the situation at Royal Inland when it comes to staffing shortages?
Over the weekend, the pediatric and the obstetric unit at Royal Inland was closed. We started the weekend with staff, however we did have some short-notice absences. The difficult decision was made to close those services. The good news is the obstetrical unit opened on Sunday and the pediatric unit reopened on Monday.