
Merritt mayor mulling state of local emergency declaration if ER closures continue
MERRITT, B.C. — The City of Merritt may declare a state of local emergency if the emergency room at the Nicola Valley Hospital continues to experience closures at regular intervals.
The facility has already been closed on four occasions this month — including three times this week — putting Merritt on pace for 24 closures this year.
“We’re as important as anybody else,” Mayor Michael Goetz told CFJC Today, referencing recent ER closures in Delta, which he said “should not be happening either.”