Wildfires prompt surgery cancellations at St. John's hospitals

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services advises the public of temporary impacts to services at the Health Sciences Centre, Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation Centre and St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital in St. John's due to the ongoing wildfires.

Elective and day surgeries for today are being postponed due to staffing concerns as a result of evacuation alerts and orders related to the wildfires. All impacted patients are being contacted and rescheduled as soon as possible. Elective and day surgeries for the remainder of the week will be assessed throughout the week and rescheduled if needed.

Other services such as urgent and emergent health-care, laboratory and medical imaging appointments, as well public health, mental health and other community-based appointments are not currently impacted.

Patients with a medical emergency who require an ambulance should call 911. Those who feel they have a serious or urgent medical problem should proceed to the nearest emergency department.