Emergency room at 100 Mile District General Hospital will temporarily close over two days earlier this week

Emergency services at the hospital will be unavailable from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, July 13, and during the same times on Tuesday, July 14.

Emergency room at 100 Mile District General Hospital will temporarily close over two days earlier this week ER to close on two days The emergency room at 100 Mile District General Hospital will be closed throughout the day on both Monday and Tuesday this week. It’s the latest in a number of ER closures in 100 Mile House, the most recent of which was on July 4. In a news release Sunday, Interior Health said emergency services at the hospital will be unavailable from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, July 13, and during the same times on Tuesday, July 14.

IH said patients can access emergency care at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake during the closures. All other inpatient services will continue uninterrupted at 100 Mile District General Hospital “Interior Health recognizes that these changes may have a significant impact on the community and that transparent notification is important,” the release states. “Our teams remain committed to working to cover these shifts right up to the day of each potential service interruption.

If coverage is secured and an interruption is avoided, we will provide an update to the community.” Anyone who has a life-threatening emergency should always call 911 to be taken to the nearest appropriate and available facility. Non-emergency health information is available 24/7 on www.healthlinkbc.ca or by calling 811.

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