We have been retained by the Hospitalist Physicians at Kelowna General Hospital to assist in finding a solution to a long standing contract dispute. The Doctors have been without a contract for going on three years. The dispute is about workload and funding for the appropriate number of physicians to deal with a rising census of patients in an important community. A factor in the dispute is the reality that Family Physicians in the community have been giving up their Hospital Privileges, coupled with issues around aging population and difficulties in recruitment of Physicians.
See Kelowna Daily Courier article here.