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Service Statuses

Disruption

Emergency Department

The emergency department at Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg is open from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (noon) from Sunday, April 19 to Thursday, April 23.

Virtual Urgent Care is available at Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (Mon-Sun), even at times when the emergency department is closed.

Disruption
(Middleton, NS)

Emergency Department

Soldiers Memorial Hospital emergency department is temporarily closed and will open on Monday, April 20 at 7:30 a.m. 

Virtual Urgent Care is available Mon. - Fri. from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Disruption

Emergency Department

Digby General Hospital emergency department is temporarily closed and will open on Monday, April 20 at 8 a.m.

Virtual Urgent Care is open daily, Mon. to Sun. from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., even when the emergency department is closed.  

Disruption

Emergency Department

North Cumberland Health Care Centre's Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) in Pugwash is temporarily closed and will reopen Tuesday, April 21 at 8 a.m. 

Virtual urgent care will be available onsite daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. even when the CEC is closed. 

Disruption
(Shelburne, NS)

Emergency Department

Roseway Hospital emergency department is temporarily closed and will open on Monday, April 20 at 8 a.m.

Virtual Urgent Care is open daily, Mon. to Sun. from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., even when the emergency department is closed. 

Disruption
(Guysborough Co., NS)

Emergency Department

The emergency department at Guysborough Memorial Hospital is temporarily closed and will open on Monday, April 20 at 8 a.m.

Virtual urgent care will be unavailable during this closure.

Disruption

Emergency Department

Eastern Memorial Hospital emergency department is temporarily closed and will reopen on Thursday, April 23 at 12 p.m. (noon).

Virtual urgent care is available onsite on Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.; Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Thursday to Sunday from 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Hours subject to change. 

Disruption
(Evanston, NS)

Emergency Department

The emergency department at Strait Richmond Hospital is temporarily closed and will open on Monday, April 20 at 8 a.m.

Virtual urgent care will be available from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, April 17; Saturday, April 18; Wednesday, April 22; Thursday, April 23; and Friday, April 24.

Disruption
(Glace Bay, NS)

Emergency Department

The emergency department at Glace Bay Hospital is temporarily closed and will open on Monday, April 20 at 7 a.m. 

Virtual urgent care is available Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

The All Saints Springhill Hospital Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) is temporarily closed. 

Virtual urgent care will be available onsite daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. even when the CEC is closed. 

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