A brand new B.C. hospital has closed its emergency room more than 40 times since it opened in January, due to a shortage of doctors, and locals are frustrated.

Fort St. James' Nats’oojeh Hospital and Health Centre serves the immediate municipality, as well as several remote Indigenous communities in the surrounding area.

In light of the closures, community leaders have come together to find a solution.

Fort St. James Mayor Martin Elphee, the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako, and the Chiefs of Nak’azdli Whut’en, Binche Whut’en and Tl’azt’en First Nation have sent a letter to the Ministry of Health calling for a healthcare recruiter to be specifically assigned to Fort St. James. LISTEN | Local leaders call for urgent action: Daybreak North 9:36 Fort St James doctor recrui

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