OttawaThe operating room at the Papineau Hospital in western Quebec has reopened after a sterilization equipment failure forced its closure over the summer, according to the regional health authority.Sterilization equipment that failed has been replaced, regional health authority saysCBC News · Posted: Sep 25, 2025 11:41 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour agoThe Papineau Hospital in western Quebec has reopened its operating room for the first time since June. (David Bates/Radio-Canada)The operating room at the Papineau Hospital in western Quebec has reopened after a sterilization equipment failure forced its closure over the summer, according to the regional health authority.The hospital 40 kilometres northeast of downtown Ottawa started transferring patients and staff from its operating room to the Gatineau Hospital in late June.Emergency patients were also transferred to Hull.In a statement on Thursday, health authority CISSSO said the operating room reopened Sept. 17 after two new sterilizing machines were installed.Twenty-two CISSSO employees are now back to work in Papineau, it said.With files from Radio-Canada
Papineau Hospital operating room reopens after summer closure
