The following information is courtesy of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance.
Some healthcare services offered at Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (Chatham & Sydenham Campuses) will be altered over the holiday season.
Please note: In lieu of Christmas Day on Sunday, December 25, 2016, services will be altered on Tuesday, December 27, 2016. In lieu of New Year’s Day on Sunday, January 1, 2017 services will be altered on Monday, January 2, 2017.
Routine X-rays, electrocardiograms (EKG), and ultrasounds will not be available on December 26 and 27, 2016 and January 2, 2017 and will reopen on January 3. These departments will be staffed to meet the needs of inpatients and emergencies.
Out-Patient Rehabilitation Services at the Chatham and Sydenham Campus, the Diabetes Education Centre and the TIA and CAD clinics will be closed on December 26 and 27, 2016 and January 2, 2017.
Pulmonary Function Lab, Chatham Campus, will be closed on December 26, 2016 through to and including January 2, 2017 and will reopen January 3.
Pulmonary Function Lab, Sydenham Campus, will be closed on December 29, 2016 through to and including January 3, 2017 and will reopen on January 4.
The Chatham-Kent Mental Health and Addictions Program Out-Patient Department will be closed on December 26, 2016 through to and including January 2, 2017, and will reopen on January 3. For any immediate crisis, please call the crisis line at 1-866-299-7447.
Out-Patient Lab Services will be closed from 12 noon on December 23, 2016 through to and including January 2, 2017. Out-Patient Lab Services will reopen on January 3 at 8 a.m.
The Pre-Surgical Screening Department will be closed December 23, 2016 through to and including December 26 and 27, and closed again on December 30 through to and including January 2, 2017 and will reopen on January 3.
The Patient Appointment Office and the Health Records Department will be closed December 26 and 27, 2016 and January 2, 2017.
Elston Pharmacy, located at Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, will be closed at 2 p.m. starting on December 23, 2016 and will reopen December 28 to December 30 from 9 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The Pharmacy will be closed January 2, 2017 and back to regular business hours on January 3.
Chatham Campus Ambulatory Care Department will be closed December 26 and 27, 2016 and December 30, 2016 to January 2, 2017 and will reopen on January 3. Ambulatory Care at Chatham Campus will be open on December 28 and 29, 2016 to accommodate patients.
Sydenham Campus Ambulatory Care Department will be open on December 20 from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. and December 22, from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. It will be closed on December 27 and 29, 2016 reopening on January 3, 2017.
The Oncology Department will be closed on December 26 and 27, 2016 and January 2, 2017.
The Business Office and Cashier’s Office will be closed on December 23, 2016 through to and including December 27, 2016. The Cashier’s Office and limited business services will be available on December 28 through to December 30. These offices will be closed on January 2, 2017 and will reopen on January 3. Please note there are two bill changers in the building to accommodate change for coin.
Hemodialysis Care will be closed on December 25, 2016 and January 1, 2017 and open on December 26, 2016 through to and including December 30, and open again on January 2, 2017 to accommodate patient needs.
The Emergency Departments at the Grand Avenue, Chatham Campus, and Sydenham Campus, Wallaceburg are open 24 hours daily.
