UPDATE: Physician coverage has been found for the Fairview Health Complex Emergency Department Friday night. According to Alberta Health Services, the physician will be on site as of 7 p.m. Friday, January 5th, ending the emergency department’s temporary disruption sooner than scheduled. On Wednesday, January 3rd the provincial health authority announced the department would be temporarily closed until the morning of Saturday, January 6th.
The Fairview Health Complex Emergency Department will not have a physician on-site 48 hours in the first starting Thursday morning.
According to Alberta Health Services, the disruption will start at 7 a.m. on Thursday, January 4th and is scheduled to end at 7 a.m. Saturday, January 6th.
However, the provincial health authority will cancel the disruption if sufficient coverage is found.
Nursing staff will remain on-site to provide triage and assessments. EMS calls will be rerouted to surrounding facilities, including the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital.
On December 29th, AHS had advised the community that the Fairview ED would see a 24 hour service disruption twice in the first week of 2024. The first scheduled disruption was from 7 a.m. Tuesday, January 2nd to 7 a.m. Wednesday, January 3rd, with the second scheduled for Thursday, January 4th to Friday, January 5th.