Avoid Lakeshore ER: officials

A problem of overcrowding has forced officials at the Lakeshore General Hospital in Pointe-Claire to ask people to avoid its emergency room until Tuesday night, hospital officials said.

The emergency would remain open but would have to "prioritize people with a critical health condition," the West Island Health and Social Services Centre said in a statement.

Patients are being advised to turn instead to one of the West Island's network clinics.

They include:

• Statcare Clinic: 175, Stillview Avenue, Pointe-Claire (514) 694-9282
• Medistat Medical Clinic: 4965, St. Pierre Street, Pierrefonds (514) 624-4774
• Brunswick Medical Centre: 143, Place Frontenac, Pointe-Claire (514) 426-6677

Patients can also contact the province's Info-Sante service by calling 8-1-1, officials said.