Emerg

emerg

1. (Canada slang) The emergency department of a hospital.
• 2009, January 17, Daniel Dale, “Ambulance waits get longer”, Toronto Star:These EMS people, who should just walk into the emerg, drop their patient off, and then leave, are frozen in the emerg for a long period of time, because there aren't enough resources there.
• 2009, May 26, Theresa Boyle and Tanya Talaga, “Swine flu Factor Probed in death”, Toronto Star:“Rather than going to emerg and getting admitted and having the condition over a period of time, we understand that the event happened fairly quickly.
• 2009, October 1, Theresa Boyle, “Second swine-flu wave hits Toronto, southern Ontario”, Toronto Star:“What we've seen in the last few days is a number of cases that have come to emerg departments.