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Editor s note: The video in the player above is from a previous report. Saturday marked the latest hurdle in a series of challenges for Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, as the hospital was placed on EMS bypass. The Winthrop Harbor Fire Department said in a Facebook post that it was notified by the Illinois Department of Public Health that Vista Medical Center East was placed on EMS bypass as of 7 a.m. This will stay in effect until further notice, the post read, in part. Ambulances will not be transporting patients there while the bypass is in effect. The department said staffing shortages, coupled with the longer trip to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, can leave ambulances unavailable for local calls. As a result, patients whose conditions allow are being asked to consider closer hospitals. The Waukegan Fire Department said its emergency medical protocols have been immediately adjusted in response to the bypass notice. In a Facebook post,