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Emergency Department

Emergency health care is a part of a network of health services that work together as a single system supported by our provincial 911 emergency health services (EHS) response system.

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Service Statuses

Disruption
(Guysborough Co., NS)

Emergency Department

The emergency department at Guysborough Memorial Hospital will be closed from 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21 until 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22. 

Virtual urgent care is available onsite Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hours are subject to change. Patient registration ends 30 minutes before closing. 

Disruption
(Liverpool, NS)

Emergency Department

Queens General Hospital emergency department is closed at 1:30 p.m. Monday Oct. 21, and re-opens Tuesday Oct. 22 at 8 a.m.

Virtual Urgent Care is available at Queens Monday to Friday 11 a.m. to 7p.m. and Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (patients accepted up to 30 minutes before closing)

Disruption

Emergency Department

North Cumberland Health Care Centre's Collaborative Emergency Centre in Pugwash is closed Sunday, Oct. 20 and Monday, Oct. 21. A virtual urgent care service will be available onsite weekends from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and weekdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

Digby General Hospital emergency department is closed Monday, Oct. 21 and Tuesday Oct. 22. It re-opens Wednesday Oct. 23 at 8 a.m.

Virtual Urgent Care is available at Digby General Hospital: Mon. to Fri. from 11a.m. to 7p.m. and Sat. & Sun. from 9a.m. to 1p.m. (patiens accepted up to 30 minutes before closing) 

Disruption
(Shelburne, NS)

Emergency Department

Roseway Hospital emergency department is closed Monday Oct. 21 and re-opens Tuesday October 22 at 8 a.m.  

Virtual Urgent Care is at Roseway Mon. to Fri. from 11a.m. to 7p.m. and Sat. & Sun. from 9a.m. to 1p.m. (patients accepted up to 30 mins before closing)

Disruption
(Middleton, NS)

Emergency Department

Soldiers Memorial Hospital emergency department is OPEN Monday to Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

It is also OPEN Saturday, Oct. 26 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  

Virtual Urgent Care is available at Soldiers Monday to Friday 11 a.m. to 7p.m. and Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (patients accepted up to 30 minutes before close)

Disruption
(Evanston, NS)

Emergency Department

The emergency department at Strait Richmond Hospital in Evanston will be closed: 

  • Friday, Oct. 25 at 7 a.m. until Monday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m.
Disruption

Emergency Department

All Saint Springhill Hospital’s Collaborative Emergency Centre is temporarily closed.  A virtual urgent care service will be available onsite daily.  Please check the schedule here.

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