Carleton Place ER closed from 7pm Sat, Sept. 3rd, until 7am Sun. Sept. 4th

The Emergency Department at the Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital will close at 7 p.m. Saturday, September 3^rd and will re-open at 7 a.m. Sunday, September 4^th.

Patients will not be accepted after 5 p.m. to ensure the department can close at 7 p.m.

This hospital is blaming staff shortages for the closure, the second for the hospital this summer.

The rest of the hospital is still open and caring for patients.

Anyone requiring immediate medical attention should call 9-1-1.  Paramedics will take you to the nearest Emergency Department for care.

The closest Emergency Departments are:

·         Almonte General Hospital- www.almontegeneral.com

·         Arnprior Regional Health – www.arnpriorregionalhealth.ca

·         Perth & Smiths Falls District Hospital – www.psfdh.on.ca

·         Queensway Carleton Hospital – www.qch.on.ca