FRASER Health announced on Thursday that due to physician staffing challenges at the Mission Memorial Hospital Emergency Department, it is implementing temporary overnight service interruptions from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. on the following nights:
- August 7, August 8 and August 9 (Friday through Sunday nights)
- Friday, August 14
- Sunday, August 16
- August 21, August 22 and August 23 (Friday through Sunday nights)
- August 28, August 29 and August 30 (Friday through Sunday nights)
- September 4, September 5 and September 6 (Friday through Sunday nights)
- September 12 and September 13 (Saturday and Sunday nights)
The service interruptions will begin at 5 p.m. to ensure all patients already in the Emergency Department can be seen by a physician before they end their shift at 11 p.m.
The Emergency Department will reopen each morning at 8 a.m. following each overnight interruption.
For real-time updates on temporary service interruption dates and times, visit fraserhealth.ca/mmhed. This page will be updated in instances when physician coverage is secured, and a service interruption is no longer needed.
During the service interruptions, emergency-trained nurses will continue to be on site and available to support walk-in patients needing basic care, assist with re-direction of care, and/or transfer patients with urgent needs to a neighbouring hospital.
Fraser Health says it is working closely with B.C. Emergency Health Services to ensure patients requiring a higher level of care are directed or transferred to an appropriate hospital emergency service.
Anyone with a life-threatening emergency, such as chest pain, difficulty breathing or severe bleeding, should call 9-1-1 immediately and will be transported to the nearest available and appropriate facility.
These service interruptions impact the Emergency Department only. All other services at Mission Memorial Hospital are available.
All other Fraser Health Emergency Departments remain open and have emergency physicians on site; however, high numbers of people seeking care and human resources challenges at many of our hospital emergency departments may lead to longer wait times for patients with non-urgent care concerns.
