Island Properly being warns of closures at 2 hospitals in August
Island Properly being is warning residents of plenty of closures on the Chemainus Properly being Care Coronary heart (CHCC) and Cormorant Island Group Properly being Coronary heart in August attributable to a employees shortage.
The properly being authority says the emergency division on the Cormorant Island coronary heart will seemingly be closed in a single day, from 7 pm to eight am, from Aug. 2 to 16.
Anyone who lives on the island, positioned off the north end of Vancouver Island, who has a medical emergency all through this time is requested to call 911.
The properly being authority says it has a plan in place with BC Emergency Properly being Corporations to maneuver people to alternate web sites if a medical emergency occurs all through this two-week interval.
Island Properly being warns residents to not attend the ER when it is closed “as this could delay your entry to care.”
“Island Properly being, like all properly being authorities in BC and all through Canada, is awfully challenged by the properly being workforce shortage,” talked about the properly being authority in an announcement Friday.
“Proper now, Island Properly being does not have ample nursing employees inside the space to deal with protected, fixed 24/7 [Emergency Department] suppliers on the CICHC.”
CHEMAINUS CLOSURES
Within the meantime, Island Properly being says central Vancouver Island residents must anticipate closures and an inconsistent working schedule on the Chemainus Properly being Care Coronary heart subsequent month.
Usually, the CHCC is open from 7:30 am to 10 pm every day. Nonetheless, in May the properly being authority talked about it was dropping its hours to eight am to eight pm every day to attributable to a employees shortage.
Now, all by the month of August, the health-care coronary heart’s urgent care suppliers might even be closed for six days, and 12 completely different days will see shortened working hours.
When the CHCC’s urgent care suppliers are closed, residents are requested to go to the Ladysmith Group Properly being Centre, about 15 kilometers away, or the Cowichan District Hospital, positioned about 20 kilometers away.
All through these closures, Island Properly being says it ought to ship additional workers to the two completely different health-care web sites to assist employees and victims.
The CHCC’s laboratory and medical imaging suppliers will proceed to perform as conventional all through this time, in response to Island Properly being.
The properly being authority says it’s nonetheless searching for medical medical doctors to cowl the shortages on the CHCC in August. If some are found, the schedule might change.
As a result of the month progresses, residents can identify 250-737-2040 ext. 42227 to confirm for basically probably the most up-to-date working hours on the CHCC, or confirm the Island Properly being website online.
“Anyone experiencing a medical emergency ought to call 911 or, if doable, proceed to the closest Emergency Division,” talked about Island Properly being.
“Island Properly being acknowledges this is not a very excellent state of affairs for the group and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience expert by this momentary service interruption.”
The entire schedule for the Chemainus Properly being Care Coronary heart in August could also be found beneath:
- August 1, 2022 | 8 am to 2 pm
- August 2, 2022 | 8 am to 2 pm
- August 3, 2022 | CLOSED
- August 4, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 5, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 6, 2022 | 8 am to 2 pm
- August 7, 2022 | 2 pm to eight pm
- August 8, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 9, 2022 | 8 am to 2 pm
- August 10, 2022 | CLOSED
- August 11, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 12, 2022 | 8 am to 2 pm
- August 13, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 14, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 15, 2022 | CLOSED
- August 16, 2022 | 8 am to 2 pm
- August 17, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 18, 2022 | 8 am to 2 pm
- August 19, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 20, 2022 | CLOSED
- August 21, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 22, 2022 | 8 am to 2 pm
- August 23, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 24, 2022 | 8 am to 2 pm
- August 25, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 26, 2022 | 8 am to 2 pm
- August 27, 2022 | CLOSED
- August 28, 2022 | CLOSED
- August 29, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm
- August 30, 2022 | 8 am to 2 pm
- August 31, 2022 | No change, 8 am to eight pm