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Chesley hospital’s emergency room remains closed overnight, due to a shortage of nurses and increased demands on them due to COVID-19, the hospital corporation’s president and CEO said Friday.
The department has been closed from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. since September 2019, to ensure patient and staff safety, hospital officials have said.
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Of the 11 emergency departments in Grey-Bruce, Chesley’s hospital is the only one without 24/7 emergency room coverage.
It takes a skilled, experienced nurse to work in the emergency department, particularly overnight when they are by themselves and may encounter any health emergency, Michael Barrett, South Bruce Grey Health Services’ president and CEO, said in an interview Friday.
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Chesley hospital’s emergency room remains closed overnight, due to a shortage of nurses and increased demands on them due to COVID-19, the hospital corporation’s president and CEO said Friday.
The department has been closed from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. since September 2019, to ensure patient and staff safety, hospital officials have said.
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Try refreshing your browser. Work to reopen Chesley s ER at night continues Back to video
Of the 11 emergency departments in Grey-Bruce, Chesley’s hospital is the only one without 24/7 emergency room coverage.
It takes a skilled, experienced nurse to work in the emergency department, particularly overnight when they are by themselves and may encounter any health emergency, Michael Barrett, South Bruce Grey Health Services’ president and CEO, said in an interview Friday.
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While Grey-Bruce has seen its COVID-19 case numbers level off then fall in recent weeks, “external pressures” continue to weigh on local hospitals as they take on more patients with very complicated and severe ailments.
“It is deceiving because from outside the hospital it probably looks like there is hardly anyone in the parking lot and we are quiet, but on the inside our patients are much sicker and the staff are prepared for a bigger surge should that occur,” Grey Bruce Health Services president and chief executive officer Gary Sims said Tuesday.
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