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Routine IT maintenance on Wednesday, January 21 will cause service interruptions between midnight and 6:00am affecting the YourHealthNS app and on-line appointment booking including COVID-19 testing, blood collection, X-Ray, EKG and the Need a Family Practice Registry.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

Service Statuses, Closures, and Cancellations

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12 Service Statuses, Closures, and Cancellations

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. 

Disruption
(Evanston, NS)

Emergency Department

The emergency department at Strait Richmond Hospital in Evanston will be temporarily closed on Wednesday, Jan. 21 between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. 

Disruption

Urgent Treatment Centres

The Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre in Tatamagouche will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 20. 

Virtual urgent care appointments may be available onsite even when the urgent treatment centre is closed. For more information call 902-657-2385 during hours of operation. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

Digby General Hospital emergency department will be closed from 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20 until Thursday, Jan. 22 at 8 a.m.

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

Disruption

Emergency Department

Fishermen's Memorial Hospital emergency department will be closed from 12 p.m. (noon) on Tuesday, Jan. 20 until 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21.

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

Disruption
(Middle Musquodoboit, NS)

Urgent Treatment Centres

The urgent treatment centre (UTC) at Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital in Middle Musquodoboit will be delayed opening on Wednesday, Jan. 21. The UTC will open at noon.

Virtual urgent care is available from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Jan. 21.

Disruption
(Guysborough Co., NS)

Emergency Department

Guysborough Memorial hospital emergency department will close on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. and reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 7 a.m. 

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

Advisory
(Glace Bay, NS)

Emergency Department

Virtual urgent care is available in the emergency department at Glace Bay Hospital on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Advisory

All Clinics, Programs and Services

Construction on the new Yarmouth Regional Hospital Emergency Department is underway. This means some changes to parking and access around the site. Please plan for extra time when coming for an appointment. Learn more here.

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