Owen Sound hospital’s second MRI machine already making a difference

A second MRI machine in Owen Sound has been scanning patients for about two weeks now, accommodating urgent patients more easily, while shrinking wait times and enabling more kinds of diagnoses locally. Those benefits were described to donors invited to a gathering Thursday just outside the room containing the new MRI machine at Brighshores Health […]

Chesley hospital emergency department closed today

Chesley hospital’s emergency department will be closed today and reopen Thursday at 7 a.m. Ongoing staff shortages is to blame for this closure, which was announced Wednesday morning. Last week, South Bruce Grey Health Centre, which runs four hospitals including the one in Chesley, had said Chesley’s emergency department would be closed from last Thursday […]

Walkerton has new emergency department closure tonight

Walkerton’s hospital emergency department will close tonight (Aug. 31) at 5 and reopen Friday (Sept. 1) at 7 a.m. due to insufficient staffing. Ambulances will bring patients to the nearest open emergency department. Anyone who needs immediate medical attention should call 911, said a news release from South Bruce Grey Health Centre, which runs the […]