Kings County hospital ER closing early Monday due to reduced staffing

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· Posted: Mar 24, 2025 5:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

The exigency section astatine Kings County Memorial Hospital closed aboriginal Monday nighttime owed to reduced staffing levels, Health P.E.I. says. 

In a quality merchandise issued precocious successful the day, the bureau said the Montague hospital's ER was closing astatine 6:30 p.m., and is expected to reopen Tuesday, March 25 astatine 8 a.m. 

Anyone with exigency aesculapian needs is advised to telephone 911 oregon question exigency services when:

• Experiencing discomfort oregon tightness successful the chest; 
• Experiencing antithetic shortness of breath; 
• Experiencing severe oregon persistent abdominal pain; 
• Experiencing prolonged and persistent headache oregon dizziness; 
• An wounded whitethorn necessitate stitches oregon impact a breached bone; 
• A kid has prolonged diarrhea oregon vomiting; or 
• A babe nether six months of property has a fever of 38°C (100.4°F) oregon higher. 

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