Interior Health announces another closure of Victorian Community Health Centre
By Nelson Daily Staff
The Interior Health weekly closing of Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Department has been released.
Kaslo and area residents will be without emergency care from 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 23 to 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 24 and 5 p.m. Wednesday July 24 to 8 a.m. Thursday, July 25.
Outside these hours, the emergency department will be open.
The closure is due to limited physician availability in the Kaslo region.
Kaslo and area residents, in case of an emergency, call 9-1-1, visit the emergency department at Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson or call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1 (24 hour service), if anyone is unsure about the need to attend the emergency department.
For non-urgent needs residents can visit a walk-in clinic located in Nelson.
Interior Health continues to actively recruit for permanent and locum physicians and regrets this temporary change to normal services said a IH release.
