P.E.I.’s Western Hospital ER closed overnight, to re-open Friday morning

The emergency room at Western Hospital in Alberton, P.E.I., might be closed in a single day because of a scarcity of staffing. 

Well being P.E.I. made the announcement Thursday afternoon in a written launch. 

The collaborative emergency centre on the hospital might be closed from 8 p.m. Thursday to  8 a.m. Friday.

Closures on the Alberton hospital’s ER because of staffing shortages will not be unusual.

Anybody in West Prince with emergency medical wants through the closure ought to name 911 or search emergency companies when:

• Experiencing discomfort or tightness within the chest.
• Experiencing uncommon shortness of breath.                           
• Experiencing stomach ache.
• Experiencing extended and protracted headache or dizziness.
• An damage might require stitches or contain a damaged bone.
• A baby has extended diarrhea or vomiting.
• A child beneath six months of age has a fever of 38 C (100.4 F) or larger.

If in case you have well being considerations or want rapid well being data, name 811 to talk to an skilled registered nurse for recommendation on the very best plan of action, the discharge advises.