The Durham Hospital Emergency Department. The Durham Hospital Emergency Department. (Photo courtesy of Google)
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UPDATE: Local emergency department adjusts closure hours

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre has updated closure hours for a local emergency department.

The Durham Hospital's Emergency Department will no longer close on Tuesday, August 8 from 5 a.m. until 7 p.m. Staff are available to cover that day, so there will no longer be a closure that day.

However, the Durham ED will still close Friday, August 4 at 5 p.m., and won't reopen until Sunday, August 6 at 7 p.m.

Ambulance by-pass has been undertaken to divert patients to the nearest open ED.

The closest 24-hour Emergency Departments to the Durham hospital are:

Hanover (20km)

Mount Forest (25km)

Walkerton (28km)

Markdale (28km)

Owen Sound (46km)

Palmerston (46km)

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