Emergency Department

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Service Statuses

Disruption

Emergency Department

The emergency department at Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg will be closed all day on Friday, August 21 and will reopen on Saturday, August 22 at 7:30 a.m.

Virtual urgent care is available daily from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m., even at times when the emergency department is closed.

Disruption

Emergency Department

The emergency department at Fishermen’s Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg will be open from 7:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. (noon) from Monday, August 17 through to Thursday, August 20. 

Virtual urgent care is available daily from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m., even at times when the emergency department is closed.

Disruption
(Evanston, NS)

Emergency Department

Strait Richmond Hospital emergency department in Evanston will be closed from 10 p.m. Wednesday, August 19 until 8 a.m. Sunday, August 23.

Virtual urgent care is available onsite from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, August 20 and Friday, August 21. 

Disruption
(Guysborough Co., NS)

Emergency Department

Guysborough Memorial Hospital emergency department will be closed from 7 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, until 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22.

The emergency department will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, and will reopen at 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 23.

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, September 4 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.; Thursday to Sunday from 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

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

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

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