AHS issues alert on overnight emergency department closure in Fort Macleod

Patients needed emergency medical attention overnight this evening (Monday) will need travel to one of the outlying communities to be treated.

Alberta Health Services issued a release late Monday afternoon saying, due to an unexpected clinical personnel shortage and inability to secure temporary coverage, the Fort Macleod emergency department will be temporarily closed.

The closure will start at 11 p.m. Monday evening and continue until 7 a.m. Tuesday morning.

“AHS continues to work to find clinical personnel coverage for this time period. If coverage is found, this disruption will be cancelled,” the statement went on to say.