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Sacred Heart Community Health Centre

Western Cabot Trail community hospital with 24-hour emergency.

serviceOpen· closes 11:59pm· Chéticamp, NS · ★ 5.00 (6 reviews)

Sacred Heart serves the western side of the Cabot Trail and is the closest emergency department for anyone travelling between Inverness and Pleasant Bay. It is a small community facility — staffed 24 hours by physicians or nurse practitioners and able to stabilize most emergencies before transferring serious cases to Sydney.

The location is on the Cabot Trail in Chéticamp village; signage is clear from both directions.

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