{"id":296768,"date":"2025-11-21T03:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296768\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T03:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:37:08","slug":"island-health-closes-icu-in-port-alberni-indefinitely-diverts-patients-to-other-hospitals-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296768\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Health closes ICU in Port Alberni indefinitely, diverts patients to other hospitals &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxOSmVQQjV1WVJHVnZ5cW1mVEZBTm5hcEhLV0ZGeFU0cDN3dXAtUXY3amktM0trRWZmMkcxUUMtYVJnU3ZZam01YlBrTTBnejFFQzExeHBXVVBCWFFESXRKZnZJZHlSZnZscUx1emJKQ3JHNlZmUmJVX1lYcm1xTWhJNlotYk92YzhRNEgzQzFrX3FSdmlSMldrcEN2Y3Q2eERTRndpMUg5eFNYLVhTaElRb0Q3Sm50M0NoeHZmMUxFaEZxMER3SkFvRDJCaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Island Health closes ICU in Port Alberni indefinitely, diverts patients to other hospitals<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPNm1mSUtPaDB6N21ZRE1Ub3VTY09PWVJtcW83Qi1KNmZRZ2ZGcW91dW9qRVhIR2lGMzJVT0U3LUZNejEya0lieHhjbldUREpoS09HUGFuSHVIRXlhcngyUTh5aFF1RC04UEpDVjAtSjZ5M0laeXl5UkJEdVdCdmk2TGpwYWdEendVZWdkcW4xV3NoTjJQbWtETjBhSVQ3TktE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Port Alberni\u2019s hospital ICU faces abrupt \u2018temporary\u2019 closure<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Port Alberni Valley News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTFAzU213c3dEaVJJZFRuS1VLQ0l2Q2N5R0JGV1RCUFk4bFluZkd0REFtV1VxUjRXUmU4cG9Mem9NbVpvVXJSS20tV3dDRDlIQk5ZMlRxZi1QVk43X2xJSlE2RFNzTlNqbXpFZ0s5VjB0T1FBQ2ZCU21IaEd3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hospital ICU closed \u201cuntil further notice\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NanaimoNewsNOW<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxONG1HSWJBOVh3ZzNKZ29CQVctbEFRQ2lmX3ZuMzBwWFIzMDdwZ3RBMWJDT3NLWFNpdmY4QzNvelBOWVlfT1VzbU1GYW9vSlpnRXBza2t0eFRjOHJ3TnRsbGRPR3dSS2l4VU9zUHVDNlFVcUlYWWJodEFCcFpKTFBhSVl1eldkZWNoVjJWNkRhVTUwTnlsRHYzb2tJQ0tsUHNxWnBLWXJXY0ZEeWM0aDEw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ICU at West Coast General Hospital in Port Alberni, B.C., temporarily closed due to staffing shortage<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPZEc3dVRSMlJOOURMbE1HNE54ZlZWVDJpZTBGV1gxZkZNY2hnQ1A0ZXd2RkxRMW9tTU9JTE5Od2xtSE8tWkpFRXVJLWdDcmh1TzNDRmtvOUNhRExhWEVaY2twT2YxaksyTmlJZUZfZFhzS2QwUml2SF9YSEZpTFhKT01NdFZHOFdOMjhYZzFwNmk5bFA3bVFUUnYzU0VvZ1JrSS1Gam9vLXF3eXpVb3hGNU14dDM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Intensive care unit at Port Alberni hospital closes indefinitely<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Times Colonist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Island Health closes ICU in Port Alberni indefinitely, diverts patients to other hospitals&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsPort Alberni\u2019s hospital ICU faces&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":{"0":"post-296768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}