2009-04-29 10:28:49
Another hospital E-R closure because of staffing shortages. The emergency department at Fishermen's Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg is closed today (April 29). The Health Authority says it's because of the unavailability of staff to cover the shifts. The department will be closed from 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 29 to 7:30 a.m. Thursday, April 30. A spokesperson says the closure has nothing to do with the outbreak of swine flu in Nova Scotia. Although South Shore Health says two staff within the district were sent home yesterday because they had been in close contact with King's-Edgehill students from Windsor. Communications director Theresa Hawkesworth says those staff did not exhibit any signs of having contracted the virus and have in fact been allowed to return to work. They are being watched in case they do develop symptoms.
