Niagara Centre NDP MPP Jeff Burch rose in Question Period on Monday, to speak about a restoration of overnight coverage to the Port Colborne Urgent Care Centre. Last week, Niagara Health announced that Port Colborne’s Urgent Care Centre would have significantly reduced hours on a permanent basis, only operating between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. Residents of Niagara Centre will now have to go to Welland Hospital for emergency support. Burch said people don’t plan to need urgent health care services in the middle of the night, but when emergencies strike, the people in his community need to have confidence that they have access to nearby, timely health care. He asked the Minister of Health to step up immediately to restore overnight services to Port Colborne’s urgent care centre.
