{"id":76031,"date":"2025-08-07T07:49:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=76031"},"modified":"2025-08-07T07:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:49:49","slug":"north-shore-health-network-upcoming-emergency-department-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/north-shore-health-network-upcoming-emergency-department-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"North Shore Health Network &#8211; Upcoming Emergency Department Closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-07-at-07.45.54.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-76032\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-07-at-07.45.54-300x70.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-07-at-07.45.54-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-07-at-07.45.54-600x139.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-07-at-07.45.54-768x178.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-07-at-07.45.54.png 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The North Shore Health Network (NSHN) is informing the community of upcoming temporary closures of the Emergency Department at the following locations due to physician shortages:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-highlight\" data-text-attribute-id=\"fa9bc4b0-2422-460b-aa04-701d42bfd71d\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"><strong>RICHARDS LANDING \u2013 MATTHEWS SITE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-rte-list=\"default\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\">From <\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"><strong>8:00 am<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"> on<strong> Thursday, August 7th, <\/strong>reopening <strong>at <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"><strong>8:00 am<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"> on<strong> Friday, August 8th.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-highlight\" data-text-attribute-id=\"e23cf8ad-e365-4025-b4c4-acd90ebdbc89\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"><strong>THESSALON SITE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-rte-list=\"default\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\">From <\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"><strong>8:00 am<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"> on<strong> Friday, August 8th, <\/strong>reopening <strong>at <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"><strong>8:00 am<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--custom\"> on<strong> Saturday, August 9th.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"><strong>Anyone requiring immediate medical attention should call 9-1-1<\/strong>. Ambulances will be re-routed to one of the following: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">The closest Emergency Departments to the <\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"><strong>Richards Landing &#8211; Matthews Site<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"> are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-rte-list=\"default\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">Thessalon Site \u2013 North Shore Health Network \u2013 135 Dawson St., Thessalon, ON<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">Sault Area Hospital \u2013 750 Great Northern Rd., Sault Ste. Marie, ON<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">The closest Emergency Departments to the <\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"><strong>Thessalon Site<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\"> are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-rte-list=\"default\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">Blind River Site \u2013 North Shore Health Network \u2013 525 Causley St., Blind River, ON<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">Richards Landing Site \u2013 North Shore Health Network \u2013 1180 Richards St., Richards Landing, ON<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--black\">Sault Area Hospital \u2013 750 Great Northern Rd., Sault Ste. Marie, ON<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">The North Shore Health Network continues to investigate all possible options to provide safe access to care and to avoid closure. Efforts to find coverage are ongoing and should a physician be secured NSHN will reverse the closure and update the community as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Access to services for non-emergent health advice or information is available by contacting Health811 by calling 8-1-1. Toll free TTY line: 1-866-797-007. Or start a live chat with an advisor online at: https:\/\/healthconnectontario.health.gov.on.ca.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">NSHN would like to thank the community for your continued patience and understanding during this time as we work with our partners toward sustainable resources to serve your healthcare needs. For further information please visit our website: www.nshn.care or via Facebook \u201cNorth Shore Health Network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Shore Health Network (NSHN) is informing the community of upcoming temporary closures of the Emergency Department at the following locations due to physician shortages: \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RICHARDS LANDING \u2013 MATTHEWS SITE: From 8:00 am on Thursday, August 7th, reopening at 8:00 am on Friday, August 8th. \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THESSALON SITE: From 8:00 am on Friday, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":76033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 17:50:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76034,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76031\/revisions\/76034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}