The urgent care centre at Airdrie Community Health Centre will be temporarily closed overnight for the second time this month.
Alberta Health Services said the centre will be temporarily closed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. for about eight weeks due to “gaps in physician coverage.”
New patients will not be admitted after 8 p.m. and those in the department at that time will be treated and discharged according to their needs, AHS said.
Nursing staff will remain in the urgent care centre overnight to assess and triage walk-in patients during the temporary closures.
Patients will be referred to emergency departments in surrounding communities as appropriate, and those with less urgent needs may be referred to local medical clinics for walk-in appointments Monday morning.
“This closure is a temporary measure taken as a last resort,” AHS said in a statement on Thursday morning.
“Alberta Health Services is working hard to ensure local residents continue to have access to the care they need during this time, and to keep all other services at the site operating as normal.”
This is the second time the urgent care centre has been forced to temporarily close its doors overnight in July. The centre was temporarily closed on July 8 and 9, also due to a shortage of physician coverage.
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