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Chesley hospital emergency room closing until late November

South Bruce Grey Health Centre in Chesley, Ont. on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (Scott Miller/CTV News Windsor) South Bruce Grey Health Centre in Chesley, Ont. on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (Scott Miller/CTV News Windsor)
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The Chesley hospital’s emergency room will be closed for the next eight weeks.

Hospital CEO Michael Barrett says the ER closure is due to a shortage of nurses.

The small town hospital has been closing its emergency room in the overnight hours since early September and has had rolling 24-hour closures in recent weeks.

Barrett says this is not a step they wanted to take, but acute nursing shortages, exacerbated by recent unexpected time off requests, have put the hospital in this position.

This is a developing story, more details to come.

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