The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital Emergency Department will be temporarily closed due to a lack of physician coverage.
According to Alberta Health Services, the ED will be closed from 8:00 a.m. February 10th to 8:00 a.m. February 11th.
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 and EMS will remain available to the community with re-routing to surrounding healthcare centers. For non-emergencies residents are asked to call Health Link at 8-1-1, for 24/7 inquiries.
Despite the disruption, the province’s new Virtual Emergency Physician program is currently being piloted in Beaverlodge, and AHS says virtual coverage may be available for “all or part” of this disruption.
