Clearwater ER to close for third consecutive night; fourth in five nights

CLEARWATER, B.C. — An upcoming emergency room closure at the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater will start 12 hours earlier than initially anticipated.

Interior Health says the ER will now close at 7:00 p.m. Sunday (July 5) instead of 7:00 a.m. Monday (July 6) morning. It will remain closed until 8:00 p.m. Monday, meaning a 13 hour closure will now last for 25 hours.

Patients in the Clearwater-area in need of emergency care are being told to head to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.

The Clearwater ER reopened at 7:00 a.m. this morning after a 13 hour closure that began at 6:00 p.m. Saturday night.