WATCH | Residents in Interlake community fear dire consequences from ER closures [Video]

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Dale Lloyd’s heart stopped on the job 15 years ago.

Luckily, it happened while she was on shift at a health-care facility.

“I dropped dead,” said Lloyd. “They did what Eriksdale hospital staff is perfect at: they brought me back to life, shipped me into Winnipeg.”

For 35 years, Lloyd worked as a medical records clerk at E.M. Crowe Memorial Hospital in Eriksdale, a community in Manitoba’s Interlake, about 130 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

The emergency department there used to be open 24/7, but in recent times it’s been closed more than open, said Lloyd.

“I think there are people in our community that are going to die because the services aren’t there to save their lives,” she said.