The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital Emergency Department will be closed on three occasions over the next week due to a lack of physician coverage.
As a result, the ED will be closed from 8:00 a.m. July 18th to 8:00 a.m. July 19th, 8 a.m., July 20 to 8 a.m., July 21st, and 8 p.m., July 21st to 8 a.m., July 22nd
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.
