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Call for 24/7 ER service in Castlegar rejected

It’s been more than a decade since Castlegar’s Emergency Room was reduced to 12 hours per day.
But Regional Director Gord Zaitsoff hasn’t given up on trying to have it restored to round-the-clock care.
He introduced a Hospital Board motion to that effect last week although it didn’t pass.
Even with limited hours Castlegar’s ER receives about 10,000 visits a year.
Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He has recently published a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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