Port Hardy hospital emergency temporarily closed overnight until Tuesday because of staff shortage

Emergency department will be closed from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. until Tuesday; people being re-directed to Port McNeill

Another Island emergency health-care centre is temporarily reducing hours due to a limited availability of doctors.

The Port Hardy Hospital Emergency Department was closed overnight Friday from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., and will be closed the same hours until Tuesday, Oct. 11, says Island Health. All other inpatient services will continue as normal.Island Health says anyone experiencing a medical emergency should call 911 or go to the Port McNeill Hospital’s emergency department.

On Saturday, Island Health announced that Campbell River’s outpatient lab will have a temporary ban on walk-in patients for the day. Located at the North Island Hospital, the lab will take emergency sample collections and drop off during normal hours from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and will resume walk-in operations on Sunday, Oct. 11.

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