South Bruce Grey Health Centre’s (SBGHC) Board of Directors have approved a plan to reopen services at both the Walkerton and Chesley hospitals.
The Walkerton hospital Emergency Department will resume 24-hour service on Monday, May 9th. The use of agency nurses, casual nurses, student externs and registered midwives will be implemented.
Also on May 9th, the Inpatient Unit at the Chesley site of SBGHC will return to 8 acute care beds and 10 Seniors Centre of Care beds.
SBGHC then plans to reopen the Chesley ED to 24-hour service on June 15th. Officials say the stability of staffing will be monitored over the next 5 weeks, and the hospital will then finalize and confirm the date of reopening.
“I am very pleased that SBGHC will again be providing 24/7 service to all our communities. We will be closely monitoring the reopening plan to ensure we do it in a safe manner where we can continue to provide high quality care to the patients we serve,” said Michael Barrett, SBGHC President & CEO.
