Inuvik operating room closed until June 30
Health authority says patients planning to give birth by C-section to be transferred to Yellowknife
Some patients in Inuvik, N.W.T., will be transferred to Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife while service closures impact the operating room at the Inuvik Regional Hospital until June 30.
In a notice Monday, the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority said patients planning to give birth and have a C-section in Inuvik this week, or who are considered high risk and who are 36 weeks or more into their pregnancy, will be contacted so they can transfer their care to Stanton.
Pre- and post-natal care will continue at the Inuvik Regional Hospital.
Other people who need operations may have to be medevaced, the health authority added.
The health authority said residents should continue coming to the emergency department for all urgent medical needs and that staff will direct them as necessary. That includes anyone who goes into labour or who is pregnant and requires assessment.