More rural hospitals closing ERs during COVID-19 pandemic

Alberta Health Services is making temporary service changes at some rural hospitals in preparation for a surge in COVID-19 patients. The emergency departments at the Hardisty Health Centre and the Consort Hospital and Care Centre are now closed. Patients in need of emergency care in Hardisty, northeast of Red Deer, are being asked to go to Wainwright, Viking, Daysland or Coronation, with the closest emergency department 60 kilometres away. People in Consort, east of Red Deer, will be redirected