Seven obstetrician-gynecologists (OB/GYNs) at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops have resigned from Interior Health (IH).

"Nothing will change for patients right now," wrote Dr. Mark Masterson, IH vice president in medicine, in an email to the Tribune. "Anyone who is pregnant and in labour should still go to the hospital as early as possible to be assessed, and emergency care for people in imminent labour or experiencing urgent complications will be available."

This isn't the first time IH has faced issues across its hospitals. Over the last couple of years, some IH hospitals have suffered frequent or periodic ER closures, at times confirmed to be due to staffing shortages. It also saw a prolonged closure of its pediatric unit at the Kelowna General Hospital in May due to a staffing shor

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