An urgent treatment centre will be opening at Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital in Middle Musquodoboit on certain days and times starting on April 4.
A new report on the state of the province's emergency departments paints a dire picture of unexpected closures, long ambulance-offload wait times, lengthy waits for care and patients leaving without being seen.
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Posted: Dec 22, 2020 2:29 PM AT | Last Updated: December 22, 2020
The emergency department at Fishermen s Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg continues to experience unscheduled closures.(Steve Lawrence/CBC)
Emergency department closures continue to be a stubborn problem in rural Nova Scotia.
In the western health zone, the emergency department at Shelburne s Roseway Hospital was closed for 2,659 unscheduled hours, up from 1,719 hours over the same period in 2018-19.
There were also big jumps in unscheduled closures at Fishermen s Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg (1,409 hours compared to 257.5); the Annapolis Community Health Centre in Annapolis Royal (1,534 hours compared to 261); and Soldiers Memorial Hospital in Middleton (770 hours compared to 100).