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Thursday, January 11, 2024

St Marys Memorial Hospital Emergency Department Closing at 5pm on Thursday, January 11

Due to health human resource shortages the Emergency Department at the St Marys Memorial Hospital of the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA) will be experiencing a temporary reduction in service as follows:

  • Thursday, January 11, 2024 – The Emergency Department will close at 5pm.
  • Friday, January 12, 2024 – The Emergency Department will open at 7 am at which point regular hours of operation (24 hours daily) will resume.

Anyone requiring immediate medical attention should call 9-1-1. Paramedics will remain available to the community and will re-route to the nearest available Emergency Department to ensure local residents continue to have access to the emergency services they need.

For non-urgent health care, call Health Connect Ontario at 811, which is available 24/7 for non-emergency health related questions.

The closest 24-hour Emergency Departments to the St Marys Memorial Hospital are:


It is advised to check with these Emergency Departments before attending to ensure they are operating with regular hours.

For more information, please contact:

Andrew Williams, President and CEO
519-274-0021
andrew.williams@hpha.ca
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