Due to ongoing staffing shortages of both RNs and RPNs, SBGHC will be closing the Walkerton emergency department (ED) as follows:
- 1700 on Friday, September 30th and reopening at 0700 on Saturday, October 1st
- 1700 on Saturday, October 1st and reopening at 0700 on Sunday, October 2nd
The Walkerton inpatient unit, Family Birthing Centre, and on-call surgery will remain operational.
All efforts to find staffing for the Emergency Department have been undertaken without success.
Ambulance by-pass will be undertaken to divert patients to the nearest open ED.
Anyone requiring immediate medical attention should call 911 to be taken to the nearest Emergency Department. For non-urgent health care needs, Health Connect Ontario is available 24/7 for non-emergency health-related questions by calling 811.
The closest Emergency Departments to the Walkerton hospital are:
Hanover (12km)
Durham (28km)
Wingham (39km)
Kincardine (42km)
Palmerston (43km)
Mount Forest (46km)
Southampton (51km)
Listowel (54km)
Markdale (62km)
