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Delta Hospital ER closed overnight Saturday due to staffing shortage
The emergency room closure is the fourth this year and may increase wait times at other Fraser Health emergency departments, officials said.
- On Oct. 4, 2025, Fraser Health warned the Delta Hospital emergency department will close for more than 12 hours this weekend due to a doctor shortage, from 6 p.m. Saturday to 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
- Councillors say this closure follows the fourth Delta ER shutdown this year due to staffing issues, and Delta council’s meeting request with Josie Osborne, B.C.'s Health Minister, last week was declined.
- Fraser Health clarified that the disruption only affects the emergency department while emergency-trained nurses provide basic care and transfer patients to neighbouring hospitals, with the 6 p.m. cutoff ensuring physicians see current patients before their 1:30 a.m. shift end.
- Delta Councillor Dylan Kruger called the ER closure a 'public health emergency' and said `The province has known about these staffing and capacity issues for years, yet here we are again. Another night, another closure,` Kruger said, warning longer waits at neighboring hospitals.
- Residents of Delta expect access to emergency care, and officials emphasize Delta Hospital's role in the region underscores the need for urgent provincial action amid repeated closures.
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Doctor staffing shortage in Delta Hospital emergency room leads to temporary closure – Energeticcity.ca
DELTA — Fraser Health is warning that the emergency room at the Delta Hospital will temporarily close for more than 12 hours this weekend due to a doctor staffing shortage. It says in a news release that the interruption will take place from 6 p.m. Saturday until 6:30 a.m. Sunday. The health authority says the 6 p.m. cutoff will ensure that all patients already in the emergency room can been seen by a physician before they end their shift at 1:3…
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