SIMCOE, Ont. — An Ontario hospital is temporarily closing its emergency room due to COVID-19 illnesses.
Norfolk General Hospital says its emergency department will reopen Monday at 7 p.m.
The hospital announced Sunday it would reduce services and the ER would not see patients during that time.
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Ambulances are being diverted to other hospital emergency departments in the area.
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Hospital president Todd Stepanuik says the situation is weighing heavily on the “exhausted” emergency department workers.
It’s the latest in a series of temporary closures that have affected hospitals across the province for months as the sector contends with a worker shortage.
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