Emergency Department

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Service Statuses

Disruption
(Shelburne, NS)

Emergency Department

Roseway Hospital emergency department will be closed at 3 p.m. Monday, October 19 and will reopen Tuesday, October 20 at 8 a.m.

Virtual urgent care is available onsite daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

Fishermen's Memorial Hospital emergency department is open from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (noon) on Monday, October 19, Tuesday, October 20 and Wednesday, October 21.

Virtual urgent care is available onsite daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

Digby General Hospital emergency department is temporarily closed and will reopen on Tuesday, October 20 at 8 p.m.

Virtual urgent care is available onsite daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

Eastern Memorial Hospital emergency department in Canso is temporarily closed and will reopen on Friday, October 23 at 12 p.m. (noon).

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

Disruption

Emergency Department

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

Virtual urgent care is available onsite daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

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