Almonte hospital shutting down ER overnight on Saturday

The Almonte General Hospital says its emergency department will temporarily close on Saturday afternoon and reopen on Sunday morning due to a shortage of nursing staff.In a media release issued on Saturday, the Mississippi River Health Alliance said the decision was not made lightly and "not without every alternative being exhausted."The alliance said the emergency department has a very small staff with one physician and two nurses working on each shift. If one of them is sick, there is a big im