Vitalité Health Network asks to reduce Emergency Department visits at Chaleur Regional Hospital over the weekend

Vitalité Health Network, Thursday, July 20, 2023 – Vitalité Health Network invites the population of the Chaleur region to limit non-essential visits to the Chaleur Regional Hospital Emergency Department from Saturday, July 22, 2023 to Sunday, July 23, 2023 inclusively.

This temporary measure is due to a shortage of medical staff over the weekend.

The facility’s Emergency Department remains available for people who need urgent care and who wish to see a doctor. However, the Network asks people whose health condition is not critical to see their family doctor or nurse practitioner, consult their community pharmacist, visit a walk-in clinic or call the Tele-Care service (811).

Those who nevertheless come to the Emergency Department for non-urgent reasons must be patient and expect longer than usual waits.

The Network thanks the public for their valuable collaboration.