TEMPORARY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CLOSURES - CORONATION HOSPITAL

Due to gaps in physician coverage, the Emergency Department will be closed on the following dates and times over the next month due to gaps in coverage:

• 8 a.m. to noon on Friday, June 13
• 8 a.m. to noon on Friday, July 11
• 8 a.m. to noon on Friday, July 25

The Emergency Department also continues to be closed from 8 a.m. on Thursdays to 8 a.m. on Fridays outside of those noted dates.

Nursing staff will remain in the department to support any patients presenting to the site. Staff will assess patients and provide care where appropriate. Depending on their condition, patients may be referred to other facilities in surrounding communities, including the Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital in Castor, the Hanna Health Centre and the Stettler Hospital and Care Centre. EMS will be available to transport patients if required.

Other services at the site are not impacted by the temporary ED closures.

Physician recruitment efforts to the area are ongoing, and an update will be provided should locum coverage be secured for any of the identified gaps as such efforts continue.