Due to a staffing shortage, the emergency department at the St Marys Memorial Hospital will be reducing its operating hours until Friday.
The emergency department will be closed overnight only accepting patients from 7am to 6pm then closing, only accepting patients until 7am the following day.
President and CEO of the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance, Andrew Williams says they regret to be in this situation but staffing pressures from the current COVID-19 outbreak make reducing hours the most responsible and safe decision.
A COVID-19 outbreak at the St Marys Memorial Hospital was declared earlier this week at the Inpatient Unit.
