Healthcare Issues Literature Review

Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre. Google Maps, August 2022.

A literature review of healthcare issues in Abbotsford, an expanded overview of healthcare and overdose crisis issues on the City issues page.

Statistics

"High death rate at Abbotsford Regional Hospital," by Tyler Olsen, Abbotsford News - December 11, 2019

"Last year, 64 more people died than expected at Abbotsford Regional Hospital," by Tyler Olsen, Abbotsford News - December 20, 2019

"Why are so many people dying in Abbotsford’s hospital?" By Tyler Olsen, Fraser Valley Current - November 12, 2021

"Fraser Valley ER wait times revealed (and they're not pretty)," by Tyler Olsen, Fraser Valley Current - May 31, 2023

"A decade of failure: data shows Fraser Health ER troubles are uniquely bad," by Tyler Olsen, Fraser Valley Current - June 2, 2023

Administration

"Fraser Health Authority chair, once B.C.’s outspoken top labour leader, cancels interview," by Bob Mackin, Breaker News - June 3, 2023

"B.C. health-care crisis: Bigger bureaucracy, longer waits and calls for an overhaul," by Penny Daflos, CTV News - June 14, 2023

"Inside Fraser Health's secret health care meetings," by Tyler Olsen, Fraser Valley Current - June 20, 2023

"Fraser Health board faces transparency questions over virtual board meetings," by Simon Little & Aaron McArthur, Global News - June 20, 2023

"As hospitals struggle, corporate spending at health authorities skyrocketed last year," by Tyler Olsen, Fraser Valley Current - January 2, 2024

Labour

"New contract would force B.C. health authorities to hire new nurses or pay millions," by Tyler Olsen, Abbotsford News - January 3, 2019

Opinion: "Action needed on healthcare workplace violence," Abbotsford News - November 17, 2019

"Damning report into BCEHS workplace culture released after CTV News FOI request," by Penny Daflos and Ian Holliday, CTV News - July 7, 2023

Facilities and Operations - General

"‘Very shocking’: Abbotsford Hospital ER compared to a scene from M*A*S*H," by Jill Slattery, Global News - March 2, 2017

"STATE OF EMERGENCY: Crowded ERs linked to patient deaths, doctor errors," by Tyler Olsen, Abbotsford News - March 3, 2017

"Christy Clark blames Abbotsford Hospital problems on 'bad flu season,'" by Jill Slattery, Global News - March 4, 2017

"B.C. hospital system has been operating over capacity for five years," by Tyler Olsen, Abbotsford News - May 24, 2017

"Three days in the E.R., not uncommon in Abbotsford: report," by Tyler Olsen, Abbotsford News - December 15, 2017

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Part 1: "FULL HOUSE: Patients feel the effects, with Abbotsford hospital at 118% capacity," by Tyler Olsen, Abbotsford News - February 21, 2019

Part 2: "FULL HOUSE: More people, more patients, but ARH beds remain below 2013 levels," by Tyler Olsen, Abbotsford News - March 4, 2019

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"Abbotsford mayor says hospital needs to be expanded," by Tyler Olsen, Abbotsford News - November 26, 2019

"Expanded emergency department opens at Abbotsford Regional Hospital," by Vikki Hopes, Abbotsford News - June 8, 2021

"More than a year after opening, the Fraser Valley's lone urgent care clinic is closed five days each week," by Joti Grewal, Fraser Valley Current - December 22, 2021

"Hospital upgrades, property taxes, and a ‘broken system.’" By Tyler Olsen, Fraser Valley Current - April 26, 2022

"Abbotsford Regional Hospital in dire need of wheelchairs for patients," by Ryleigh Mulvihill, Abbotsford News - March 19, 2024

Facilities and Operations - Covid-19 Recovery Clinic

"No funding for Abbotsford post-COVID clinic past spring, patients say," by Tyler Olsen, Fraser Valey Current - December 29, 2021

"One of B.C.'s few COVID recovery clinics faces possible closure, patients say," by Akshay Kulkarni, CBC News - January 9, 2023

"After a long wait, disappointment as long-COVID clinic closes its doors," by Cindy E. Harnett, Times Columnist - February 12, 2023

Patients

Coroner inquest into three deaths of patients who died within 24 hours of leaving the

Abbotsford Regional Hospital psychiatric ward, occurring between December 28, 2014, and April 26, 2015: Coroners Inquest -  September 7 - 16, 2016

"Three-year-old who died in Abbotsford hospital had bacterial infection, lab results indicate," by Gavin Fisher, CBC News - April 4, 2017

"Senior spent nearly a week in Abbotsford hospital hallway," by Tyler Olsen, Abbotsford News - March 16, 2018

"'I don't want to die,' says woman stuck in Abbotsford hospital E.R. with pneumonia & heart condition," by Tyler Olsen, Abbotsford News - December 23, 2019

"96-year-old with broken pelvis stuck in Abbotsford hospital hallway," CBC News - January 24, 2020

"A baby sick with meningitis was sent home from Abbotsford hospital — only to suffer a stroke," by Sean Boynton & Catherine Urquhart, Global News - February 12, 2020

"'Outright lies': 8-year-old boy's family on review of care at Abbotsford hospital before he died," by By John Hua & Elizabeth McSheffrey, Global News - June 6, 2022

"Elvis impersonator says he is on deathbed in hallway at Abbotsford hospital," by Vikki Hopes, Abbotsford News - August 12, 2022

"Questions about care after Abbotsford woman's burns not taken seriously," by Jessica Peters, Abbotsford News - January 13, 2023

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"Healthcare horror: Abbotsford senior gets hospital bed after nearly a week in the hall," by Sonia Aslam, CityNews - November 16, 2023

"Senior’s family pushes back against Fraser Health after she was left in hospital hallway," by Sonia Aslam, CityNews - November 17, 2023

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"Quality of Abbotsford hospital’s care in question as more concerns surface," by Sonia Aslam, CityNews - November 17, 2023

"MLA 'shocked' at conditions in Abbotsford hospital," by Michele Brunoro - CTV News - November 29, 2023

"Woman dies after 14-hour wait at Abbotsford hospital; family wants answers," by Vikki Hopes, Abbotsford News - December 20, 2023

"'Night and day': A B.C. breast cancer patient on her experience going to Bellingham for treatment," by Katie DeRosa, Vancouver Sun - December 12, 2023

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