Inuvik obstetrics closes again, families will be sent to Yellowknife
Families expecting to give birth in Inuvik are being told they’ll be cared for in Yellowknife after another shutdown of Inuvik hospital’s obstetrics unit.
Families expecting to give birth in Inuvik are being told they’ll be cared for in Yellowknife after another shutdown of Inuvik hospital’s obstetrics unit.
N.W.T. Health and Social Services Minister Lesa Semmler is not expecting lay offs at Stanton Hospital as a result of COVID-era funding coming to an end next month. She says that’s because the department wasn’t able to staff the additional positions in the first place.