The Durham Hospital Emergency Department. The Durham Hospital Emergency Department. (Photo courtesy of Google)
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Local hospital to close emergency department multiple times in one week

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre is warning that one of its hospitals will experience multiple emergency department closures in a week.

The SBGHC says that the Durham emergency department will close Tuesday, August 1 at 5 p.m., and will reopen on Wednesday, August 2 at 7 a.m.

The Durham ED will close yet again on Friday, August 4 at 5 p.m. and won't reopen until Sunday, August 6 at 7 p.m.

Finally, the Durham ED will close yet again on Tuesday, August 8 at 5 a.m., reopening later that same day at 7 p.m.

The closures are due to insufficient staffing.

Ambulance by-pass has been undertaken to divert patients to the nearest open ED.

The closest 24-hour Emergency Departments to the Durham hospital are:

Hanover (20km)

Mount Forest (25km)

Walkerton (28km)

Markdale (28km)

Owen Sound (46km)

Palmerston (46km)

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