Update:100 Mile District General Hospital ER open

**UPDATE**

100 Mile House and area residents are advised that Interior Health has secured coverage for the emergency department at 100 Mile District General Hospital for today March 27.

**Original story**

For the second time this week, Interior Health (IH) is advising 100 Mile House and area residents of temporary changes to emergency department hours at 100 Mile District General Hospital.

IH says emergency services will be unavailable today (March 27) from 7 am to 8 pm and that patients can access care at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake during this time.

All other inpatient services at 100 Mile District General Hospital will continue.

People in the community who need life-threatening emergency care should always call 9-1-1 for transport to the nearest available and appropriate facility.

This is now the seventh time this month (March) the emergency department at 100 Mile District General Hospital has been unavailable.

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Pat Matthews
Pat Matthews
Pat started working in the Cariboo in 1989 after spending several years in radio in Terrace. He worked in the creative department until 2017 when he switched over to news covering Williams Lake and the South Cariboo as well as being the afternoon host on Country 840 in 100 Mile House.

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