Almonte hospital’s emergency room closed overnight Friday, as of 11 p.m.

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The Almonte Normal Hospital’s emergency division was to be closed in a single day Friday resulting from a nursing workers scarcity.

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The hospital stated in a media launch that the emergency room could be closed as of 11 p.m. and would reopen at 7 a.m. on Saturday.

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The remainder of the hospital was to stay open and proceed caring for its different sufferers, it stated. The nursing workers scarcity was credited to sickness.

“Affected person and workers security is our fundamental precedence,” stated Mary Wilson Trider, the hospital’s president and CEO.

Anybody requiring instant medical consideration was suggested to name 911.

“Paramedics will take you to the closest emergency division for care. Please don’t come to the emergency division,” the hospital stated.

Individuals have been additionally guided to talk with a registered nurse at Telehealth Ontario, if wanted, by calling toll-free 1-866-797-0000 or TTY 1-866-797-0007. This service is obtainable 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.

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The closest emergency departments to the Almonte hospital are the Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital, the Arnprior & District Memorial Hospital, the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital and the Queensway Carleton Hospital.

On its web site, the Perth and Smiths Falls hospital suggested that, as of seven:30 p.m. Friday, it was “experiencing vital capability points at each websites of our hospital with a excessive quantity of sufferers admitted to hospital and Emergency Departments.

“We’ll assess every individual and deal with the sickest sufferers first. Which means some sufferers might expertise an extended wait.”

The Queensway Carleton hospital additionally famous on-line Friday night that it was experiencing longer than normal wait occasions.