Staffing shortages have compelled a number of well being centres in central Newfoundland to briefly shutter their emergency rooms for the following week.
Newfoundland and Labrador Well being Companies issued six press releases Thursday night asserting the closures, saying the staffing problem is non permanent.
Lewisporte Well being Centre’s emergency room will shut on Tuesday at 8 a.m. and can reopen the following day at 8 a.m. However it is going to shut once more on Thursday at 8 a.m. and open the next day at 8 a.m.
The ER at A.M. Man Memorial Well being Centre in Buchans will probably be closed Saturday from 8 a.m. to eight p.m.
The Dr. Y.Ok. Jeon Kittiwake Well being Centre in New-Wes-Valley is closed till Tuesday, when it is going to open with a digital ER from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The ER may also be closed on Wednesday, after which will probably be open with digital ER on Thursday from 4-10 p.m.
In keeping with the press launch, a digital ER means folks can go to the ER, the place there will probably be well being care professionals on website. A doctor or nurse practitioner may also be accessible by video.
Harbour Breton’s Connaigre Peninsula Well being Centre’s ER will probably be closed till Tuesday at 4 p.m., when it is going to open with a digital ER till 10 p.m. Will probably be closed Wednesday after which reopen from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday with digital ER.
Baie Verte Peninsula Well being Centre will cose Sunday at 8 a.m. and reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, staying open till it closes once more Thursday at 8 a.m.
Fogo Island Well being Centre’s ER will probably be open on the weekend, and on Tuesday will open with digital ER from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Will probably be closed Wednesday and reopen Thursday at 8 a.m.
N.L. Well being Companies is advising individuals who want pressing care when their space’s ER is closed to name 911 or go to the closest emergency room, which might be the Central Newfoundland Regional Well being Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor or James Paton Memorial Regional Well being Centre in Gander.
The closures come because the Newfoundland and Labrador struggles with health-care staffing shortages. In February, the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Affiliation estimated 136,000 folks within the province don’t have entry to a household doctor. Consequently, folks typically flip to ERs for remedy.
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