Liverpool ER to be closed this weekend

Sign points to hospital emergency room entrance

Queens General Hospital. Photo Ed Halverson

The emergency department at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool will be closed this weekend.

The ER will close on Friday at 1:30 p.m. and reopen Monday at 8 a.m., according to an advisory from Nova Scotia Health.

The emergency department at South Shore Regional Hospital in Bridgewater will be open,

Nova Scotia Health advises anyone with urgent medical needs to call 911.

The mental health and addictions crisis line can also be reached 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling 1-888-429-8167.