UPDATE at 4:58 p.m.
Interior Health says it has now secured staffing coverage to be able to keep the emergency department at 100 Mile District General Hospital open.
It was scheduled to close between 7 o’clock tonight (September 17) until 8 o’clock tomorrow (September 18) morning.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Interior Health has announced a temporary service interruption at the 100 Mile District General Hospital’s emergency department.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 o’clock tonight (September 17) until 8 o’clock tomorrow (September 18) morning.
All other inpatient services will continue at the hospital.
This will be the 38th time this year that the E.R. has been closed in 100 Mile.
As always, residents are advised to access care at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake during this time.
People needing life-threatening emergency care should always call 9-1-1.
