British ColumbiaFraser Health said the temporary closure Sunday night was due to physician staffing challenges. It’s the latest in a series of weekend ER closures at Mission Memorial and other B.C. hospitalsCBC News · Posted: Nov 09, 2025 6:58 PM EST | Last Updated: November 10Listen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.The emergency room at the Mission Memorial Hospital in Mission, B.C., on Jan. 15, 2024. (Ben Nelms/CBC)Fraser Health said the emergency department at Mission Memorial Hospital would be temporarily closed overnight, between Sunday and Monday, due to a shortage of doctors.In a statement Sunday, the health authority said the ER would close to new patients from 5 p.m. PT on Nov. 9 until 8 a.m. PT on Nov. 10. The early cutoff was meant to ensure everyone already in the department could be seen by a doctor before their shift ended at 11 p.m. PT.Fraser Health said emergency-trained nurses would remain on site during the closure to provide basic care to walk-in patients and would be able to arrange transfers to neighbouring hospitals for those with urgent needs.The hospital’s ER department has closed overnight due to physician staffing challenges several other times this year. Notices posted by Fraser Health show it also closed overnight from Oct 31-Nov. 1, Aug. 3-4, March 29-30 and 30-31, and Feb. 15-16.WATCH | Doctor shortages closing B.C. ERs:Doctor shortages closing B.C. ERs, some people’s only health care optionEmergency room closures in British Columbia have prompted one Delta city councillor to call for a public health emergency declaration. Other B.C. communities are also struggling with doctor shortages that are leading to ER closures, concerning residents for whom it is the only health-care option.Fraser Health said the interruption was due to ongoing physician shortages, a problem that has also led to temporary ER closures in other parts of the province.In Delta, a Metro Vancouver city of about 110,000 people, overnight closures at the hospital emergency department have occurred four times so far this year, prompting one city councillor to call the situation a “public health emergency.”All other services at Mission Memorial Hospital remained open Sunday night and Fraser Health said all of its other emergency departments were operating with physicians on site. However, it warned that high demand and staffing pressures meant longer waits were likely for people with non-urgent concerns.”We recognize how important consistent access to emergency care is for the Mission community and we are actively working to address physician staffing gaps as they arise to maintain service continuity,” the health authority said. It urged people in the Mission area who experience a medical emergency during the closure to call 911 so paramedics can take them to an open emergency department.
Mission Memorial Hospital’s ER to close overnight for a 6th time this year
