CHETWYND -- For the fourth night in a row Northern Health has announced a hospital diversion in Chetwynd.
Once again the emergency room at the Chetwynd Hospital is closed due to chronic staffing shortages.
The emergency room was closed on Saturday at 5pm. The closure is expected to last until at least 7am Wednesday.
Northern Health said once again the closure was due to a shortage of nurses. Two weeks ago a shortage of physicians was to blame.
It is the third week in a row that the emergency room has been closed because of the staffing shortage that's plagued Northern Health for the past 3 years.
The Health Authority has been telling residents of Chetwynd that if they need life threatening emergency care to call 9-11, and that they will be transported to the nearest hospital.
