Cambridge Memorial Hospital says the COVID-19 testing clinic on Holiday Inn Drive was forced to close on Wednesday afternoon after its phones and internet access went down.
A spokesperson for the hospitals says all of the tests and assessments for the afternoon have been cancelled.
“Unfortunately, the technology is a vital support to the operation so we were forced to close,” CMH spokesperson Stephan Beckhoff told Global News in an email.
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The hospital did not say when the assessment centre will be able to reopen its doors, although it has only cancelled appointments for the afternoon.
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