Emergency Department

Eastern Memorial Hospital's emergency dept will be closed Mon., July 7 at 10am-Mon.; July 21 at 12pm. Virtual urgent care: Mon. & Tues., 8am-6:45pm; Wed., 8am-2:30pm & Thurs.-Sun., 8am-6:45pm. Canso Medical Clinic: open Mon., July 14-Fri., July 18, 9am-4:30pm. Call 902-366-2633 for appt. Urgent treatment clinic: Sat., July 19 & Sun., July 20, 9am-5pm. Call 902-266-3268 for same-day appt. 

The emergency department at Guysborough Memorial Hospital will be closed:

• Monday, July 7 at 7 a.m. until Wednesday, July 9 at 8 a.m.
• Thursday, July 10 at 7 a.m. until Friday, July 11 at 8 a.m.

Virtual urgent care available onsite daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Hours subject to change. Patient registration ends 30 minutes before closing. 

Digby General Hospital emergency department is closed at 4a.m. Sunday, July 6 and is closed Monday, July 7 and Tuesday, July 8.

Virtual urgent care is available daily (Mon-Sun) from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., even when the emergency department is closed. 

Roseway Hospital emergency department is closed at 3 p.m. Friday, July 4 and is closed Sat., Sun., and Mon. It RE-OPENS Tuesday, July 8 at 8 a.m. 

Virtual urgent care is available daily (Mon-Sun) from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., even when the emergency department is closed. 

Queens General Hospital emergency department is closed at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 4 and is closed Sat. & Sun as usual. It re-opens Monday evening, July 7 at 6 p.m.

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

Fishermen's Memorial Hospital emergency department is OPEN 7:30 a.m. to 12 noon on Fri. July 4, Sat. July 5 and Sun. July 6. (closed at noon and reopens 7:30 a.m. next day)

Virtual urgent care is available daily (Mon-Sun) from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., even when the emergency department is closed. 

North Cumberland Health Care Centre's Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) in Pugwash is temporarily closed Friday, July 4 at 8 a.m. to Monday, July 7 at 8 a.m.  Virtual urgent care will be available onsite daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. even when the CEC is closed. 

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. 

The emergency department at Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital in Musquodoboit Harbour will be closed from 8 p.m., Wednesday, June 25 and will reopen on Thursday, June 26 at 8 a.m.

Virtual urgent care is open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

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

• Saturday, July 5 at 5 p.m. until Sunday, July 6 at 8 a.m.
• Sunday, July 6 at 5 p.m. until Monday, July 7 at 8 a.m.
• Wednesday, July 9 at 7 a.m. until Thursday, July 10 at 8 a.m.
• Friday, July 11 at 7 a.m. until Saturday, July 12 at 8 a.m.

Virtual urgent care will be available in the emergency department on Thursday, July 10 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. 

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.