Nova Scotia has announced extra resources to alleviate the pressure on strained emergency departments, following the recent deaths of two women who waited hours for care.
A Nova Scotia surgeon completed a Canadian first last November when she used a robot to perform a total hip replacement on a patient at the Dartmouth General Hospital. Dr. Jennifer Leighton says the robot gives her greater precision during the operation, and that means fewer patients need follow up surgeries.
Nova Scotians were able to access health care virtually on a weekend. This is the latest move from the province in order to deal with increasing pressures that hospitals have been experiencing.
Nova Scotians who are currently on the province s doctor waitlist can now access free, online medical appointments through Virtual Care Nova Scotia (VirtualCareNS).
More than 230 Ukrainian nationals with health-care backgrounds are in the process of getting approved to join Nova Scotia s health-care system, which has been dealing with severe staffing shortages for years.