Hospitals in KW

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I thought this came up earlier and it was noted that GRH will be keeping its emergency room. Maybe I'm mistaken, though, because I can't remember the source for this.

It has always been the plan to shut the emergency department in both St Mary's and Grand River..always the plan and it has been reviewed as correct on here.   I just Wazed to see how long from my house in the Lackner Woods area to where the new hosptial woud be.  Between 18 and 24 mins depending on route.   I will be faster to go to Cambridge

The ambulance crew will decide which hospital Emergency Room to go to. They will have up to date info on how busy each ER is. 
If you're planning your own drive time I question whether it's truly an emergency or just urgent. 
Granted people do make poor choices and waste valuable time by choosing to drive someone to an ER instead of calling 911. Perhaps the possible ambulance bill is more important than life. But if it's a heart attack or a stroke or serious injury you call 911. And our tiered response will kick in and dispatch emergency help. And in my experience the first on scene will be the firecrew. If it's a heart attack they will start CPR (or take over if someone has been doing CPR) connect an AED and oxygen. If that doesn't work they will continue CPR until the ambulance arrives. If it's an injury they will stabilize it. If police are first they can do much the same. And it's that time between event and first responders on scene that matter much more than how far the ambulance has to travel to an ER.