Okanagan MLA Calls for Head of Interior Health to Step Down
- On May 26, the pediatric department at Kelowna General had to shut down due to critical shortages in staffing amid a widespread healthcare crisis in the region.
- The closure followed years of mismanagement and failing staffing models that led to resignations, including seven pediatricians quitting in 2023.
- MLA Gavin Dew called for Interior Health CEO Susan Brown's immediate resignation and urged Health Minister Josie Osborne to appoint an interim CEO.
- Despite the crisis, top executives including Brown received up to 12% pay increases in 2023, with Brown’s total compensation reaching $472,607.
- This situation highlights urgent calls for leadership change to restore trust and stability as health professionals and taxpayers express deep concern.
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Performance-based pay increases given to top Interior Health (IH) brass amid a physician shortage crisis at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) are being criticized by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). “Taxpayers should be deeply concerned at the culture in Interior Health that’s allowing this to happen,” said Carson Binda, B.C.’s director with the CTF. A shortage of physicians has already closed down the entire pediatric ward for at least six…
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