Outpatient centre in Halifax’s Bayers Lake business park closed due to wildfire
The polyclinic center in the Bayers Lake Business Park of Khalifax is closed today, because the crew continues to fight an out -of -control forest fire, about two kilometers away.
Fire exploding around 14:30. burning in the forested area Julius Boulevard and Dugger Mcneil Drive behind the city building materials. It is estimated to be between 25 and 30 hectares on Tuesday evening.
The 420 Susie Lake Cres in the Bayers Lake community is standing. Tuesday afternoon was evacuated and all appointments were canceled for the rest of the day or moved to a different place.
For today, most patients with planned appointments in the center will be seen elsewhere or almost.
Patients with electrocardiogram appointments that reserve at the center can go to Cobequid Community Health Center in 40 Freer Lane in Lower Sackville during the appointment time.
Patients with a blood collection appointment in the Bayers Lake field 7071 Bayers RD. The same appointment time.
Some appointments will be re -planned for other services and contacted Nova Scotia Health, or will contact the affected patients.
Nova Scotia Health’s Central Region General Manager Tanya Penney said to CBCs Information Morning Nova Scotia The fire is about two kilometers from the outpatient center.
He said that the decision to evacuate the building and to carry the appointments or re -planning, to provide stability to health service providers and patients and to keep people away from the region as the fire brigade requested.
Penney said the evacuation was smooth on Tuesday. People who could go on their own vehicles did this, Access-A-Bus came to help people separation safely, and dialysis patients were held on dialysis as long as possible.
Penney said that Nova Scotia Health would evaluate the situation throughout the day and communicate with the fire brigade before deciding on the appointments on Thursday.
“When we know more, we will definitely share this additional information to the public and we will do it as soon as possible. And if you have not heard from us and if you have an appointment, you will receive news from us.”
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