Important changes at the Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital Emergency Room from Friday to Saturday

Vitalité Health Network, Friday, December 15, 2023 – Vitalité Health Network is informing Kent residents of an important change at the Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital Emergency Department this Friday.

The service will be closed overnight, from 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 15 to 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 16. 

This change is due to a critical shortage of nursing staff.

During this period, anyone who needs emergency medical care must go to another hospital. All ambulances will be rerouted to other hospitals. If you have a medical emergency, you must go to the ER of the nearest hospital or call 9-1-1.

The Network asks people whose health condition is not critical to make an appointment with their family doctor or nurse practitioner, consult their community pharmacist, go to a walk-in clinic, call Tele-Care (811) or go online to eVisitNB (www.evisitnb.ca).

The Network thanks the public for their kind cooperation.