Cold Lake hospital emergency without physician coverage tonight

Almost a weekly occurrence, the emergency at the Cold Lake hospital will be without physician coverage tonight.

The time affected will begin at 11:00pm tonight and last until 7:00am on Wednesday morning.

Nursing staff will remain on-site in the ED providing triage and assessments, and referrals for patients to alternate EDs in surrounding communities as needed, AHS said on Tuesday.

“Patients are asked to call 911 if they have a medical emergency. EMS will remain available to the community and will be re-routed to surrounding healthcare centres to ensure local residents continue to have access to the emergency services they need.

“Residents are reminded to call Health Link at 811, which is available 24/7 for non-emergency health-related questions.”