The extreme snowstorm earlier this week impacted services across the province, including health care. Brett MacDougall, vice president of operations for Nova Scotia Health for the eastern zone, which includes Antigonish and Guysborough counties as well as Cape Breton, said heading into the weekend they were trying to prepare for…
The Nova Scotia Health Authority said respiratory illness, overcrowding in hospitals and staffing shortages are to blame for ongoing delays in emergency departments.
It’s no surprise to those living in rural Nova Scotia that a CTV news survey has found hospital emergency departments across the country have had to close their doors more than 1280 times so far this year.
With Indigenous health falling under federal jurisdiction, Indigenous patients in N.S. often fall through the cracks of the health-care system, health officials say. This new program seeks to bridge those gaps.