Tag: emergency
Police investigating after pedestrian killed in overnight hit-and-run
St. Thomas police are asking for help identifying a vehicle involved in an alleged hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian early Saturday. Emergency crews responded just before 1:30 a.m. to a collision involving a pedestrian at the intersection of Sunset Road and Fingal Line, where a 34-year-old was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries […]
London police probe two separate suspicious deaths
London police were on Saturday investigating two separate overnight deaths that have been deemed “suspicious,” but noted there was no ongoing threat to public safety. The first death happened Friday night, when police responded about 10 p.m. to reports of a disturbance in the area of Southdale Road East and Millbank Drive, east of White […]
London doctor: Heat wave illnesses can take days to kick in
The fallout of this week’s brutal London-area heat wave hasn’t hit city hospitals, but that doesn’t mean it won’t yet.
Conservatives, London doctor spar over safe supply comments
The federal Conservatives are calling for a London doctor’s medical licence to be revoked and have accused her of lying about safer opioid supply.
Robot lifeguards to the rescue in Lake Michigan – Great Lakes Commission
Many parks and communities along the shore of Lake Michigan can no longer afford to staff full-time lifeguards and that’s where “EMILY” is beginning to make a difference. EMILY (Emergency Integrated […]
Emergency room at Durham Hospital closed until Sunday at 7 a.m.
Due to insufficient staffing, the Durham Hospital’s emergency department will be closed Saturday, May 18, reopening Sunday, May 19 at 7 a.m. Anyone requiring immediate medical attention should call 911 to be taken to the nearest open emergency department by ambulance, South Bruce Grey Health Centre news release announced Friday night. For non-urgent health-care, […]
Chesley’s emergency department closed today, reopens Friday
The Chesley hospital’s emergency department is closed today and will reopen Friday at 7 a.m., South Bruce Grey Health Centre announced this morning. All efforts to find staffing for the emergency department have been undertaken without success, a hospital corporation statement said. Ambulances will divert patients to the nearest open emergency department. Anyone requiring immediate medical attention […]
Emergency room at Wingham hospital closed until 7 p.m. Sunday
Due to staffing shortages, the Wingham and District Hospital emergency room will be closed until 7 p.m. on Sunday, November 20.
Officials tell meeting future of Chesley hospital in doubt without ER
People concerned about their local hospital filled the Chesley Community Centre Tuesday night. At least 300 people crammed in to hear what the hospital administration plans to do after the current two-month full emergency department closure, due to a shortage of nursing staff, ends Dec. 2. Citizens vented fears, pointed fingers, offered suggestions and sent […]
Doctors seeing urgent-care patients in Grey-Bruce with virtual visits
There’s a new, virtual urgent-care option designed for people who need to see a doctor but it’s not so serious that they need to wait for hours in an emergency department in person. By seeing qualifying patients virtually, the load on Grey-Bruce’s 10 emergency departments should ease and wait times for ER patients should shorten. […]