(UPDATE) Chetwynd emergency department resumes services after overnight diversion
An overnight diversion of the Chetwynd Hospital emergency department due to staffing challenges has ended.
UPDATE 12:00 p.m. November 21st: Another diversion has been announced for the Chetwynd Hospital. Click here to read our latest story.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – An overnight diversion of the Chetwynd Hospital emergency department due to staffing challenges has ended.
Announced on November 20th at 8:20 p.m. on Facebook, the diversion ran from 7 p.m. November 20th to 8 a.m. November 21st.
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In their post, Northern Health explained the service interruption was due to ‘staffing challenges,’ and encouraged patients seeking non-urgent care to visit their primary care provider or call the Northern Health Virtual Primary and Community Care Clinic.
Patients seeking life-threatening emergency care were directed to call 9-1-1, and would have been transported to the nearest open Northern Health facility.
This is the third diversion at the Chetwynd Hospital in the month of November.
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