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Service Statuses

Disruption
(Shelburne, NS)

Emergency Department

Roseway Hospital emergency department is closed at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8 and re-opens Friday, Jan. 9 at 8 a.m.  

Virtual urgent care is available every day, 7 days a week from 8am to 7pm, even when the emergency department is temporarily closed. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

North Cumberland Health Care Centre's Collaborative Emergency Centre in Pugwash is closed from Wednesday, Jan. 7 to Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. 

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

Disruption

Emergency Department

Fishermen's Memorial Hospital emergency department will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 7 and re-open on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 7:30 a.m. 

Virtual urgent care is available every day, 7 days a week from 8am to 7pm, even when the emergency department is temporarily closed. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

The Digby General Hospital emergency department will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 7 and re-open on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 5 p.m.

Virtual urgent care is available every day, 7 days a week from 8am to 7pm, even when the emergency department is temporarily closed. 

Disruption

Emergency Department

Eastern Memorial Hospital emergency department will be closed until Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 12 p.m. 

Virtual urgent care available Mon. & Tues., 8 am-6:45 pm; Wed., 8 am-2:30 pm; Thurs.-Sun., 8 am-6:45 pm. 

Urgent treatment clinic: Sat., Jan. 10 & Sun. Jan. 11, 9 am-5 pm. Call 902-366-3268 for same-day appt.

Disruption
(Glace Bay, NS)

Emergency Department

The Glace Bay Hospital emergency department will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. and will re-open on Monday, Jan. 12 at 7 a.m. 

Virtual urgent care is available onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 2 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 5 p.m. and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Virtual urgent care is provided by onsite Nova Scotia Health staff and online care providers, like doctors, to treat patients with urgent, but non-life-threatening health matters, like

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. 

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