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Largest city in northeast B.C.'s ER closed 5 nights in one week | via @akurjata https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fort-st-john-er-emergency-room-closed-five-nights-1.7267164 “the #NorthernHealthAuthority announced the ER at the #FortStJohn hospital — which serves an immediate population of 28,000 people, and hundreds more from outlying communities — would be closed from 4 p.m. MST July 17 through to 10 a.m. MST on July 18. (1/3) #RuralHealthcare
Fort St. John, B.C., has emergency room closed 5 nights in one week | CBC News

Northern Health blames physician shortage for overnight diversions from Fort St. John hospital emergency room, as residents call for an independent review.

CBC
BC Info BotJul 20, 2023
The Tyee: BC’s Emergency Room Crisis https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/20/BC-Emergency-Room-Crisis/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #NorthernVancouverIslandhealthcare #ProvincialHealthServicesAuthority #BChospitalserviceinterruption #CormorantIslandHealthCentre #FirstNationsHealthAuthority #COVID-19healthcareimpact #InteriorHealthAuthority #BCnursestaffingshortage #NorthernHealthAuthority #VancouverCoastalHealth #BCemergencyroomcrisis #FraserHealthAuthority #IslandHealthAuthority
BC’s Rural Emergency Room Crisis | The Tyee

Data shows a spike in locked doors, with some Vancouver Island health centres closing dozens of times in 2022.

The Tyee