Calgary hospital closes surge response unit due to cold – Calgary | 24CA News
The Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary quickly closed its surge response unit (SRU) over the weekend on account of chilly climate.
The SRU treats sufferers of mid-level acuity who go to the emergency division for care, based on Alberta Health Services. The sufferers normally have all kinds of signs and considerations that require evaluation and remedy.
In an emailed assertion despatched on Saturday night, a spokesperson for AHS stated the SRU was initially closed to new sufferers on Thursday morning on account of extraordinarily chilly temperatures.
Patients had been relocated and emergency care was diverted from the SRU to “ensure the comfort and safety of our patients and staff,” the assertion learn.
Emergency care models have been arrange in close by remedy centres within the hospital, together with a former neonatal intensive care unit that’s awaiting renovations.
AHS stated the SRU sees roughly 130 sufferers a day.
Re-evaluation of the re-opening of the SRU shall be made on Monday, the assertion stated.
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