CHETWYND -- For the third weekend in a row, Northern Health has announced a hospital diversion in Chetwynd.
Once again the emergency room at the Chetwynd Hospital was closed due to chronic staffing shortages.
The emergency room was closed on Saturday at 5pm. The closure is expected to last until Monday morning at 8 o’clock.
Northern Health said once again the closure was due to a shortage of nurses. Two weeks ago a shortage of physicians was to blame.
The Health Authority is 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. That is over an hour away in Dawson Creek.
Last week a Chetwynd man called 9-11 during a hospital diversion and was taken to Dawson Creek. He was given a bill for $89.
