The Outaouais Integrated Health and Social Services Centre says that due to a shortage of respiratory therapists, there will be a "reorganization of activities" in the operating room and the Intensive Care Unit at the Pontiac Hospital.
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According to the Outaouais Integrated Health and Social Services Centre, the ER will be open to all between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
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Between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m., the emergency department will only see pregnant women, children under 18 years of age and those in urgent need of mental-health services.
During that nighttime period, those seeking urgent medical consultation who do not fit in one of those three categories are urged to visit emergency room hospitals in Hull or Papineau/Buckingham.