Vitalité Health Network asks public to reduce demand on hospital emergency departments

Bathurst, Tuesday, July 12, 2022 – Due to ongoing shortages of medical and nursing staff within Vitalité Health Network’s emergency departments, we ask the public to avoid our emergency departments for all non-urgent health problems. 

Our hospitals’ emergency departments must be reserved for urgent care only. 

We ask people whose state of health is not critical to make an appointment with their family doctor, speak to their community pharmacist, call Tele-Care (811) or go to eVisitNB for a virtual appointment.

People who still come to Emergency for non-urgent reasons could be asked to return at a later date, be redirected to the community or face a long wait.

The Network thanks the public for their valuable collaboration.