Port McNeill plans community forum amid latest hospital ER service reduction

Simon Little & Kristen Robinson Global News – June 5, 2022

The Vancouver Island community of Port McNeill has scheduled an online community forum with the local health authority, as its hospital faces a string of disruptions due to staffing shortagees.

Mayor Gaby Wickstrom said the latest incident was a “service reduction” rather than an outright emergency department closure. She said from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Saturday, ambulances were being diverted to the Port Hardy emergency room 30 minutes away, but that the Port McNeill ER remained open to walk-ins.

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