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Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, has released the following statement in response to the global system disruption that is affecting many health-authority-owned facilities:

“Over the night of Thursday, July 18, 2024, BC was made aware of a global system disruption that is affecting many health-authority-owned facilities, including hospitals. Emergency services, including 911 and ambulances, are not impacted by this disruption and are operating as usual.

The B.C. health system has been impacted by the global Crowdstrike disruption which is impacting our networks and computers across all systems. 

Our primary concern is the continuity and quality of patient care. We have implemented contingency plans to ensure that our health care services remain operational, and that patient care is not disrupted to the best of our ability. Please refer to this website page for any updates. 

Northern Health is preparing for the potential for an increase in wildfire activity in the region, due to recent weather conditions and forecasts for the coming weeks.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has recently issued or continued heat warnings for communities across the Northern Health region. Daytime high temperatures in the 30s with overnight lows in the mid teens are expected to last through the weekend, and in some regions into next week. More details on the alerts are available here.

With elevated temperatures, the risk of heat-related illness increases.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warnings for the Prince George and Stuart Nechako areas, as well as recent warnings for the Cariboo-North including Quesnel. Daytime high temperatures in the 30’s combined with overnight lows in the mid-teens are expected through at least Wednesday of this week, and in some cases the end of the week. More details on the alerts are available here.

The Province has not declared an extreme heat emergency for these regions.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warnings for the BC Peace River and Fort Nelson regions. Daytime high temperatures in the 30’s combined with overnight lows in the mid-teens are expected from Sunday, through next week. More details on the alert are available here.

The Province has not declared an extreme heat emergency for these regions.

With elevated temperatures, the risk of heat-related illness increases.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warnings for the North Coast-inland, including Terrace and Kitimat. Daytime high temperatures near 30 degrees Celsius combined with overnight lows near 13 degrees are expected from Saturday until Tuesday night.

The Province has not declared an extreme heat emergency for this region.

With elevated temperatures, the risk of heat-related illness increases.

Fort Nelson General Hospital has resumed outpatient laboratory and medical imaging services, as the process of returning to full operations continues following the Parker Lake wildfire evacuation.

Northern Health has been taking a phased approach to restarting services at Fort Nelson Hospital since Monday’s lifting of the evacuation order by Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and Fort Nelson First Nation. The first of those services was the Emergency Department, which reopened on Monday, May 28.