More Closures at Chemainus Urgent Care Clinic in September

Closures continue at the Chemainus Health Care centre’s urgent care clinic.

It’s another chapter in a saga that has seen closures due to staffing issues in the health care system. Chemainus saw a swath of cancellations through August and other small clinics and emergency rooms have seen closures further north island.

The Chemainus clinic will have altered hours 17 days this month, and be closed entirely on nine of those days.

Island Health says those in need of urgent care should head to the Ladysmith Community Health Centre, which is 15 kilometers from the Chemainus Centre, or the Cowichan District Hospital which is 20 kilometers away.

This is the list of changes to hours released by Island Health as of September 1 at 4:30pm:

September 1, 2022	8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
September 2, 2022	CLOSED
September 3, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 4, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 5, 2022	8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
September 6, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 7, 2022	CLOSED
September 8, 2022	CLOSED
September 9, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 10, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 11, 2022	CLOSED
September 12, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 13, 2022	8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
September 14, 2022	CLOSED
September 15, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 16, 2022	8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
September 17, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 18, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 19, 2022	CLOSED
September 20, 2022	CLOSED
September 21, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 22, 2022	8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
September 23, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 24, 2022	8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
September 25, 2022	8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
September 26, 2022	CLOSED
September 27, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 28, 2022	8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
September 29, 2022	No change, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
September 30, 2022	CLOSED