Interior Health has issued two bulletins of temporary hospital closures in Williams Lake and Clearwater.

Interior Health (IH) facilities and services in Williams Lake, including Cariboo Memorial Hospital (CMH) and its Emergency Department, are now closed due to a city-wide evacuation order. The Emergency Department in 100 Mile House is also closed due to an evacuation order.

The patients of the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater, along with residents of the Forest View Place, are also being evacuated, although the Emergency Department will remain open.

Acute care patients from Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital are being transferred to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, while Forest View Place residents are being relocated to care facilities in Kamloops and Salmon Arm.

As a precaution, Interior Health had previously transferred acute care patients from CMH, as well as residents from IH’s residential care facility Deni House, and residents and assisted living clients from IH’s contracted partner site, Williams Lake Seniors Village.

In addition, the following IH facilities in the Cariboo-Chilcotin are closed due to wildfire activity:

• Alexis Creek Health Centre  
• Chilcotin Health Centre in Tatla Lake  
• 100 Mile District General Hospital