All obstetrician-gynecologists at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops, B.C., have jointly announced their resignations from the hospital, leaving some expectant parents worried for the future.

In a letter dated Saturday, the group of seven doctors said they decided to leave their full-scope ob-gyn practices due to safety issues resulting from a changing workload and ongoing recruitment struggles.

“It is fairly unprecedented for an entire group of physicians to depart, but with the state of obstetrics in our community and with the upcoming loss of the [Thompson Region Family Obstetrics] group, we see no viable way forward,” said doctors Hilary Baikie, Jennifer Kozic, Paula Lott, Erin Adams, Michael Hsiao, Rita Chuang and Christine Sutton in the letter.

The ob-gyns will no longer p

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