Another Yellowknife health clinic closes due to mechanical issues

The Frame Lake health clinicin Yellowknifeclosed on Wednesday as a result of heating issues in the building.

This is the second health clinic in the past week to experience some sort of mechanicalissues during thecold snap that's hitting the N.W.T. It also comes as health centres, including the hospital, are over capacity due to influenza, RSVand COVID-19.

The primary care clinic in downtown Yellowknife just began reopening servicesTuesday after closing from a flood on Saturday.The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority said at the time that some appointments for the primary care clinic would be moved to the Frame Lake clinic.

The building issues and subsequent closures also comeas the territory warns that the hospital has been operating past capacity

On Friday, the health authority saidpatient numbers have exceeded Stanton Hospital's bed capacity and patients at the emergency department will be triaged based on the urgency of their symptoms.

The NTHSSA said in a news release on Wednesday that the Frame Lake health centreis located in a leased facility andnext steps and reopening date and"will be determined after the property manager is able to determine a timeline to restore heat to the building."

No details on what caused the heating issue were included.