ER will be shuttered from 9:30 p.m. Sunday until 6:30 a.m. Monday
For the second time in two nights, the emergency room at Delta Hospital has been closed.
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At 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Fraser Health released a statement on X that the hospital’s emergency room would be closed from 9:30 p.m. until at 6:30 a.m. on Monday.
“Fraser Health advises Delta and surrounding area residents that due to physician staffing challenges at Delta Hospital, Fraser Health is implementing a temporary service interruption beginning at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23 to Monday, Feb. 24 at 6:30 a.m.,” the statement read.
“The service interruption will begin at 9:30 p.m. to ensure all patients already in the emergency department can be seen by a physician before they end their shift at 1:30 a.m. After 9:30 p.m., emergency-trained nurses will continue to be on site and available to support walk-in patients needing basic first aid, assist with redirection of care, and/or transfer patients with urgent needs to a neighbouring hospital.”
The statement came 24 hours after Fraser Health closed the Delta Hospital ER from Saturday nights at 9:30 p.m. until Sunday morning at 7 a.m.
The health authority gave the same reason for closure — a lack of emergency room doctors.