Further to the earlier public advisory regarding service delivery impacts to the healthcare sector resulting from the IT outage, the Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community Services and David Diamond, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Regional Health Authority, will be available to the media to provide an update tomorrow (Monday, November 1) at 11:00 a.m.

The availability will be live-streamed on the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts.

The media availability will be virtual and media planning to cover the availability will join by teleconference only. To participate, please RSVP to Lesley Clarke (lesleyclarke@gov.nl.ca) who will provide the dial-in details.

Media planning to participate must join the teleconference at 10:45 a.m. (NDT) to be included on the call. For sound quality purposes, media calling in are asked to use a land line if at all possible.

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Media contact
Lesley Clarke
Health and Community Services
709-729-6986, 699-2910
lesleyclarke@gov.nl.ca