Tag: Walkerton
Chesley’s ER closed for eight weeks due to nurse shortage
Chesley hospital’s emergency room is closed for eight weeks starting today due to a “critical shortage of nurses.” The rest of the hospital remains open, the hospital announced in a news release. Chesley’s ER is scheduled to reopen Dec. 2. Persistent nursing shortages have forced the emergency room to close multiple times this summer. The […]
Public Meeting to be held for replacement of Walkerton bridge
A public meeting has been scheduled to inform residents on plans to replace the Durham Street Bridge in Walkerton.
Funds intended for hospice in Walkerton transferred to local group
A group in southern Grey-Bruce which formed to build a hospice in Walkerton has received a nearly $570,000 boost. The money was transferred by Grey-Bruce Hospice Inc., because it was collected to eventually build a satellite hospice in southern Grey-Bruce. When the Owen Sound-based organization turned to focus on its Owen Sound hospice, Chapman House, […]
More emergency room closures in Chesley, Walkerton
Chesley hospital’s emergency department will be closed tonight, Sunday and Monday night, from 5 p.m. until 7 the next morning due to staff shortages. Walkerton hospital’s emergency department will close Monday at 8 p.m. and re-open at 7 the next morning. Both South Bruce Grey Health Centre hospitals have been forced to close “due to […]
ER closures in Walkerton, Chesley this weekend could get worse in fall
Walkerton and Chesley emergency departments will close at 5 p.m. and reopen at 7 a.m. tonight, Saturday and Sunday night due to lack of staff. In fact, staffing shortages will make it “very challenging” to maintain 24-hour emergency department hours in the four South Bruce Grey Health Centre hospitals this fall, hospital CEO Michael Barrett […]