White Rock hospital set for 9th maternity diversion since December<\/p>\n
Published 7:46 am Tuesday, March 24, 2026<\/p>\n
Expecting parents can expect more woes when it comes to maternity care at a White Rock hospital.<\/p>\n
Peace Arch Hospital is scheduled for its ninth maternity diversion since December<\/a>, from 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 25 to 8 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31.<\/p>\n Maternity diversions have been happening at both Peace Arch and Ridge Meadows Hospital in Maple Ridge since December of last year, due to a \u201ctemporary\u201d shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists, according to Fraser Health, meaning expecting parents who had planned to give birth at these hospitals may be guided to another maternity site to deliver their babies.<\/p>\n The timing of potential future maternity diversions is \u201cdynamic as we collaborate with our physician group to proactively address staffing gaps,\u201d the Fraser Health website about maternity diversions states.<\/p>\n Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of B.C. president Dr. Chelsea Elwood said the entire province is \u201cabsolutely\u201d in a crisis <\/a>when it comes to obstetrical and gynecological services, but B.C.\u2019s health minister Josie Osborne has declined answering<\/a> whether the ongoing diversions constitute a crisis.<\/p>\n Maternity diversions at Peace Arch Hospital since Dec. 7, 2025 include:<\/p>\n \u2022 Dec. 7 to 10, 2025<\/p>\n \u2022 Dec. 22 to 25, 2025<\/p>\n \u2022 Dec. 29, 2025, to Jan. 1, 2026<\/p>\n \u2022 Jan. 8 to Jan. 12, 2026<\/p>\n \u2022 Jan. 22 to Jan. 26, 2026<\/p>\n \u2022 Feb. 5 to Feb. 10, 2026<\/p>\n \u2022 Feb. 19 to Feb. 25, 2026<\/p>\n \u2022 March 12 to March 18, 2026<\/p>\n \u2022 March 25 to March 31, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White Rock hospital set for 9th maternity diversion since December Published 7:46 am Tuesday, March 24, 2026 Expecting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-557849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557849","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=557849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}