Emergency departments across the Peace Region will experience temporary closures due to a lack of physician coverage on August 7th.
In Beaverlodge, the Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital Emergency Department will be without coverage from 8:00 a.m. on August 7th to 8:00 a.m. on August 8th. Meanwhile in Fairview, the Fairview Health Complex ED will be without coverage from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on August 7th.
AHS says nursing staff will remain on-site to provide triage, assessments, and referrals for patients to alternate emergency departments in surrounding communities.
Residents are asked to call 9-1-1 in case of emergency as EMS will remain available to the community and will be re-routed to surrounding healthcare centers. For non-emergencies, residents are asked to call Health Link at 8-1-1, for 24/7 inquiries.
