Aster Mekonen carries a trash bag during her cleaning shift at Harborview Medical Center on August 20, 2020 in Seattle. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
Five days after it first shut its doors due to a staffing shortage, the emergency department of St. Michael Medical Center in Bremerton remains closed.
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health told KIRO Radio in a statement that there was no estimated date to reopen the ER, which closed last Friday evening.
In the meantime, patients are asked to go to the ER of St. Michael in Silverdale, about 7 miles away. An ambulance is stationed at the Bremerton location
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