Mackenzie, B.C. - Northern Health has  made arrangements for locum physician coverage has been arranged for the week of March 22^nd to 26^th, 2010, which means the scheduled closure of the Mackenzie and District Hospital’s emergency room during that time has been cancelled.

 

Northern Health continues to ask residents of Mackenzie to make sure that they use the hospital emergency room wisely due to a reduced number of doctors in the community.

 

Northern Health continues to actively recruit both permanent and locum physicians to the community, and is committed to working with physicians and the community on short- and long-term sustainable solutions to recruitment challenges.