Nova Scotia Health says more medical staff are needed in Cape Breton Regional Municipality's hospitals to take the pressure off the emergency department in neighbouring Victoria County.
A new urgent treatment centre will open soon to replace the emergency department at the hospital in Baddeck, N.S., where scheduling of doctors and nurses has been difficult.
Andrew Heighton, the Nova Scotia Health Director of Integrated Rural Health Services for the eastern zone, said it's accurate to say we're seeing an increase in unscheduled emergency department closures in rural communities across Nova Scotia over the past few years. Overall, he said, the goal is to keep the departments open but the scheduling for
Visitor restrictions will slowly be eased starting Monday, with more people allowed inside. But most of those who are unvaccinated will be turned away for the foreseeable future.