Doctors and first responders are urging British Columbians to refrain from taking unnecessary risks that can lead to preventable injuries that take up valuable hospital beds during the novel coronavirus pandemic. “We need to stay home,” Doctors of BC president Kathleen Ross told Global News Saturday. “We need to try and keep ourselves safe and leave the resources in place for those that actually need them.” The plea comes after a young man landed in Kelowna General Hospital with a serious back injury on Friday.
Staff at Big White Ski Resort say he and a group of friends decided to slide the slopes of the mountain, which has been closed to the public since March 16. “That accident didn’t have to happen,” said Michael J.