Vancouver Coastal Health confirmed Friday the province’s health-care system is being impacted by the global Microsoft outage.
In a statement posted to social media, the health authority said B.C. is “impacted by the CrowdStrike disruption.”
“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,” VCH said.
The health authority is urging people to contact their care providers Friday if they have questions about appointments or services.
This comes after CrowdStrike confirmed disruptions occurred when it deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows.
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the company was working to fix problems created for Windows users of its tools by a recent update in a post on the social media platform X.
“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted,” Kurtz said. “This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.”
Speaking to CityNews Friday, a VCH spokesperson said the province will be providing an update on health-care impacts later Friday. CityNews has reached out to the Ministry of Health for more information.
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