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Performance-based pay hikes for IH execs criticized amid Kelowna doctor shortage - Okanagan | Globalnews.ca

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A physician shortage of physicians has closed down the entire pediatric ward for at least six weeks and the maternity clinic is no longer accepting patients.

In 2023 , seven pediatricians quit working at the hospital, the same year that a number of top executives received those performance-based pay hikes.

In most cases, the executives received a 6.7-per cent increase including Interior Health CEO Susan Brown .

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