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Frequency of ED closures – Southern Health – 2017 - 2021(to Nov. 9)
Source: FIPPA – SHSS 066-21
1) Frequency of ED closure for all reasons – top facility by year
Year Facility Number of ED closures for all 
reasons
2017 Carman Memorial Hospital 60
2018 Morris General Hospital 38
2019 Morris General Hospital 42
2020 Altona Community Memorial Health Centre 54
2021 (to Nov 9) Morris General Hospital 75
2017 Altona Bethesda Carman DeSalab Lorne Morris Notre Dam Portage Rock Lake Ste. Anne Total
Nursing resources 2 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 7 35
Physician resources 6 0 58 18 1 10 1 0 0 4 98
Nurse & Physician res 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Lab Unavailable 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Overflow 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 14
Other 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 15
Grand Total 12 0 60 18 1 44 3 0 0 29 167
2018 Altona Bethesda Carman DeSalab Lorne Morris Notre Dam Portage Rock Lake Ste. Anne Total
Nursing resources 6 0 2 0 0 14 0 0 0 4 26
Physician resources 8 1 28 18 0 14 0 0 9 1 79
Nurse & Physician res 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lab Unavailable 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Overflow 6 0 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 22 40
Other 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Grand Total 22 1 33 19 0 38 0 0 9 27 149
2019 Altona Bethesda Carman DeSalab Lorne Morris Notre Dam Portage Rock Lake Ste. Anne Total
Nursing resources 16 0 3 2 0 21 3 0 0 1 46
Physician resources 10 0 12 29 0 6 3 0 6 0 66
Nurse & Physician res 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lab Unavailable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overflow 7 0 4 0 0 12 0 0 0 1 24
Other 5 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 15
Grand Total 38 0 21 33 0 42 9 0 6 2 151
2020 Altona Bethesda Carman DeSalab Lorne Morris Notre Dam Portage Rock Lake Ste. Anne Total
Nursing resources 30 0 3 3 1 22 1 0 0 29 89
Physician resources 12 0 6 20 2 5 0 0 1 2 48
Nurse & Physician res 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Lab Unavailable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overflow 8 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 20
Other 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 8
Grand Total 54 0 11 23 4 40 1 0 1 34 168
2021 (to November 9th) Altona Bethesda Carman DeSalab Lorne Morris Notre Dam Portage Rock Lake Ste. Anne Total
Nursing resources 19 0 8 2 0 53 3 1 5 35 126
Physician resources 3 0 11 9 0 6 1 0 3 0 33
Nurse & Physician res 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Lab Unavailable 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overflow 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 4 15
Other 3 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 4 16
Grand Total 26 0 21 13 0 75 5 1 8 44 193 

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2) Frequency of ED closure due to Nursing Resources – top facility by year
Year Facility Number of ED closures due to 
Nursing Resources
2017 Morris General Hospital 26
2018 Morris General Hospital 14
2019 Morris General Hospital 21
2020 Altona Community Memorial Health Centre 30
2021 (to Nov 9) Morris General Hospital 53 