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Service Statuses

Disruption

Emergency Department

Digby General Hospital emergency department is closed at 4 a.m. Thursday morning, July 24 and is closed Friday, July 25.

Virtual Urgent Care is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (Mon.-Sun.), even when the emergency dept. is closed. 

Disruption
(Shelburne, NS)

Emergency Department

Roseway Hospital emergency department is closed Wed. July 23 and Thurs. July 24. It re-opens Friday, July 25 at 8 a.m. 

Virtual Urgent Care is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (Mon.-Sun.), even when the emergency dept. is closed. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

Fishermen's Memorial Hospital emergency department will be closing at 12 noon on Wed. July 23, Thur. July 24, Fri. July 25. It will re-open the following days at 7:30 a.m.

Virtual Urgent Care is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (Mon.-Sun.), even when the emergency dept. is closed. 

Disruption
(Liverpool, NS)

Emergency Department

Queens General Hospital emergency department is closed at 5 a.m., Friday, July 25 and re-opens as usual on Monday, July 28 at 8 a.m.

Virtual Urgent Care is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (Mon.-Sun.), even when the emergency dept. is closed. 

Disruption
(Windsor, NS)

Emergency Department

The Hants Community Hospital emergency department will be closed from noon - 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 20. It will reopen at 7 p.m. 

Disruption
(Sheet Harbour, NS)

Emergency Department

The Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre in Sheet Harbour will be closed temporarily on Sunday, July 20, beginning at 8 a.m. and will reopen on Monday, July 21 at 8 a.m.

Disruption

Emergency Department

Digby General Hospital's emergency department is closed Tuesday, July 22 and re-opens Wednesday, July 23 at 8 p.m.

Virtual Urgent Care is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (Mon.-Sun.), even when the emergency dept. is closed. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

All Saints Springhill Hospital's 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. 

Advisory
(Glace Bay, NS)

Emergency Department

Virtual urgent care will be available in the emergency department on Thursday, July 24 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Virtual urgent care is provided by onsite Nova Scotia Health staff & online care providers, like emergency doctors, to treat patients with urgent, but non-life-threatening health matters, like coughs, colds, sprains, etc. Learn more about virtual urgent care

Advisory
(Halifax, NS)

Emergency Department

The entrance to the Emergency Department (ED) has changed to 1840 Bell Road. This new entrance includes a patient drop-off area, parking, including accessible parking options. 

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