Another disruption of service at a local hospital, but this time in Maple Creek.
Emergency services and acute inpatient admissions won't be available at the Maple Creek Hospital during the following hours:
- Monday April 9th from 2:00 pm – Tuesday April 10th @ 7:00 am
- Tuesday, April 10th from 5:00 pm – Wednesday April 11th @ 7:00 am
Maple Creek joins the Shaunavon Hospital which is facing a disruption from 7pm tonight to 7:30 tomorrow morning.
The Maple Creek disruption is caused by physician on-call unavailability. Locum physician services that were previously scheduled were not available at the last moment due to physician illness.
Shaunavon's disruption is because of a lack of registered nursing staff.
The public are encouraged to contact 911 if they are faced with a medical emergency. An ambulance will be immediately dispatched to assist you with your emergency. The provincial HealthLine can be contacted 24 hours per day for non-emergent health-related questions toll-free at 1-877-800-0002.