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No Timeline on Full Service for ER at Walkerton Hospital

Casual nurses and students brought in to help deal with shortage

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There is still no word on when full service will return to the emergency room in Walkerton.

24 hour service was closed in the emergency room back in December last year.

When asked about a reopening timeline at a recent meeting, officials said the timeline is any guess.

What was given during the meeting was the plan to resolve the nursing shortage and return hospital sites to full service in Chesley, Durham, Kincardine and Walkerton.

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre recently worked out an agreement to hire casual nurses to which 6 have been hired.

10 nursing students have also brought which include some in their final year of school with hopes to secure permanent positions.