Fort St. John Hospital

I took my son in after calling the 811 nurse line, where I was told to take him to emergency. The screener was very nice and pleasant. The triage nurse called us in about 25 minutes later and was very kind, empathetic and professional. We were told that they were very busy but that he would be called in as soon as they have a room available. I have to admit that we waited in the waiting room for 3 hours before my son got called in. However, they do have a poster on the wall that determines the priority of who gets seen first. I encourage everyone to take a look at it and commit it to memory. We live out of town and our family doctor was away so there was no medical care in our town and the Chetwynd Hospital website said they were closed. The doctor who attended to my son was very nice and super friendly. He helped us out and it was a good experience. I came home and googled average wait times in the ER in Canada and discovered that the average time is about 3 hours. Although it is irritating to sit and wait in the waiting room, I feel like the Fort St. John hospital is doing the best that they can and that most people are just used to our instant society. Thanks to everyone for the great care we got!

If I could only give this hospital zero stars.... This hospital is a joke! What is wrong with the government to allow this Facility to stay open is beyond me. My brother was shot last year in a hunting Accident, this hospital refused to help him and to top it off last night he had a stroke, hit his head on the way down and you guys sent him home!!!! What is wrong with the doctors that work in this hospital!? It was your decision To become doctors and save lives but this decision To send my brother home might have just cost him his life. Idiots all of you

The emergency waiting room/triage area is a joke. How much money was spent on planning that set up? Hopefully none. Any kindergarten class could come up with a better plan. As for the quality of service, McDonalds serves my needs better than Fort St John medical services. Employees of hospital can be heard socializing in every direction, being loud and disrespectful of the patients discomfort Next time I will be going to Dawson Creek

After waiting 5 hours to be seen, I had a nurse dress my toe (which I had surgery on). I asked her to use a different gauze because the one she chose will be stuck in my wound. She insisted that it wouldnt. Here I am 13 hours later trying to remove the now stuck gauze, and am being told by health link to go back to see a doctor. I would recommend driving to dawson creek or anywhere else if it is not an emergency.

Absolute worst hospital I or anyone I know have ever had to deal with. Minimum wait is about 6 hours. If you have any sort of emergency the hospital in Dawson would get you in twice as fast with the drive there factored in. What a disgrace to this town that hospital is.