Image: UBC / Fraser Health Authority says a new emergency department has now opened in a temporary location at Mission Memorial Hospital in the wake of a broken water pipe that flooded its emergency department, forcing a temporary diversion to hospitals in Abbotsford and Maple Ridge over the weekend.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Mission Memorial Hospital

Mission Memorial Hospital emergency department back in action after temporary new location opens

Jan 16, 2024 | 3:11 PM

MISSION — Fraser Health Authority says a new emergency department has now opened in a temporary location at Mission Memorial Hospital in the wake of a broken water pipe that ruptured and flooded its emergency department, forcing a temporary diversion to hospitals in Abbotsford and Maple Ridge over the weekend.

According to a news release from Fraser Health on the authority’s website, Mission Memorial Hospital’s emergency department is now open in a temporary location inside the hospital following a flood that occurred Saturday evening, January 13.

“The temporary Emergency Department will offer the same emergency medicine services as the regular Emergency Department did before the flood,” Fraser Health said in a statement on its website. “Patients may access the temporary Emergency Department through the hospital’s main entrance.”

The temporary emergency department will stay open until remediation of the hospital’s regular emergency department space is complete.

“We appreciate the dedication of our staff, medical staff and facilities management staff and their quick work in establishing the temporary Emergency Department,” Fraser Health said.

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Mission Memorial Hospital’s emergency department had been temporarily closed Saturday night, and patients were asked to divert away from Mission Memorial due to a flood that occurred in the emergency department as the result of a broken water pipe. The incident happened sometime after 5 p.m., according to scanner traffic.

All ER patient care had been diverted to Ridge Meadows Hospital (11666 Laity Street, Maple Ridge) and Abbotsford Regional Hospital, 32900 Marshall Road, until further notice.