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Cariboo Chilcotin MLA reacts to hospital ER closures

After four consecutive nights of emergency room closures at the Caribo Memorial Hospital (CMH) MLA Lorne Doerkson is calling for Interior Health to make changes.
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Lorne Doerkson is the Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA. (Photo submitted)

After four consecutive overnight closures of the emergency room (ER) July 4 to 7 at Cariboo Memorial Hospital (CMH), Interior Health needs to make changes.

This is what Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson is saying after the series of closures which have upset Doerkson and many in the community.

Interior Health announced the ER would be closed, one hour before coming into effect each evening, attributing a lack of sufficient nursing staff for the closure. The

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Ruth Lloyd

About the Author: Ruth Lloyd

I moved back to my hometown of Williams Lake after living away and joined the amazing team at the Williams Lake Tribune in 2021.
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