Combined, the four hospitals were closed for over 150 hours last month.
Tag: hospital closures
This emergency department has had its hours reduced every week for months.
One community has lost its emergency department 14 times.
One of the communities had their emergency department closed 13 times.
This marks two months of repeated closures in multiple communities, primarily in rural Alberta.
The emergency department lacked on-site physician coverage for over 200 hours this month.
AHS recently reduced hospital surgical, emergency, and acute care services in 5 communities in northern and central Alberta because of physician and nursing shortages.
The Alberta communities of Fairview, Rocky Mountain House, and Elk Point temporarily lost their emergency departments this week.