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A code orange forced the hijacking of ambulances from the Hull emergency

A code orange was triggered around 11 p.m. due to the arrival of several people requiring emergency care in a very short period of time, do we know in a written statement.

The triggering of the code allowed us to free up the necessary resources to manage the situation properly., we say in an email sent on Sunday.

hours “,” text “:” Everything returned to normal around midnight when the ambulances were diverted to the Papineau Hospital for a period of two hours “}}”>Everything returned to normal around midnight while the ambulances were diverted to the Papineau Hospital for a period of two hours., add the cISS of the Outaouais.

Remember that the Gatineau Hospital emergency room is closed between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. to all types of patients. It is only pregnant women, young people between 0 and 17 years old and people with mental health problems requiring emergency care who can be admitted during this period.

During the day, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., the Gatineau Hospital emergency room is accessible to anyone requiring emergency care.

This emergency service was first completely closed from June 25 to 30. It was then reopened to a limited clientele, then to all types of patients, but by day only.

Early Sunday afternoon, the occupancy rate for stretchers was 148% at the Hull Hospital emergency room, according to Health Index data available on the web. In other hospitals, the rate was below 80%.

With information from Jean-François Poudrier

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