The six inpatient beds that have been closed at Canso’s Eastern Memorial Hospital 
have re-opened. The beds were closed in May of last year due to a shortage of Registered Nurses. However site manager Leona Purcell say it has been able to recruit four RN’s to the facility and now have a full complement of nursing staff at Eastern Memorial. She says that allowed the hospital to re-open beds. The beds were reopened Sunday.
Purcell says it had a lot of support in its recruitment efforts including the District of Guysborough which contributed financially to increase incentives to hire nurses, the Eastern Memorial Hospital Foundation and the Canso and area Stakeholder Working Group.
However Purcell says the hospital still faces challenges with physician coverage, and will continue to operate the emergency department 12 hours daily.