Posted: Dec 22, 2020 2:29 PM AT | Last Updated: December 22, 2020 The emergency department at Fishermen's Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg continues to experience unscheduled closures.(Steve Lawrence/CBC) Emergency department closures continue to be a stubborn problem in rural Nova Scotia. In the western health zone, the emergency department at Shelburne's Roseway Hospital was closed for 2,659 unscheduled hours, up from 1,719 hours over the same period in 2018-19. There were also big jumps in unscheduled closures at Fishermen's Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg (1,409 hours compared to 257.5); the Annapolis Community Health Centre in Annapolis Royal (1,534 hours compared to 261); and Soldiers Memorial Hospital in Middleton (770 hours compared to 100).