The husband of a Nova Scotia woman who died in a hospital after a lengthy wait in the emergency department says the province’s plan to address shortcomings in emergency health care is “too little too late.”
Nova Scotians watched the government s announcement Wednesday on how it plans to change the way emergency departments operate in an attempt to alleviate pressure.
Doctor Margaret Fraser has worked in the emergency department at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney, N.S., for 12 years.
News of a patient s death after leaving the facility has the physician pleading for more staff.
The union for health workers and nurses at a major Halifax hospital emergency department describes its staffing as a "revolving door" of junior and inexperienced employees.