Northern Health had said that services at the Emergency Department at the Hudson’s Hope Health Centre were supposed to be available Monday morning.
The health authority then said, residents would have to wait until Tuesday morning. Northern Health now says, they expect emergency services to be restored Wednesday at 8:30am
The diversion at Health Centre started on Friday as a result of an on-going staffing shortage.
The health authority announced the closure on social media and on its new Emergency Department Status webpage.
The community of Hudson’s Hope has been significantly impacted recently by Northern Health’s failure to solve a doctor and nursing shortage.
The inability to attract enough new healthcare workers has plagued the region for the past five years.
The Emergency Department has been closed for a total of 16 days since mid-February.