The president of the province’s registered nurses union says a shortage of registered nurses in the Labrador-Grenfell Health region has reached a critical point, forcing the health authority to divert obstetrical services from Happy Valley-Goose Bay to Labrador City a seven-hour drive.
Labrador-Grenfell Health is diverting obstetrical services from the Labrador Health Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay to the Labrador West Health Centre in Labrador City, more than 500 kilometres away.
HALIFAX, N.S. As vaccine efforts ramp up during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, CTV News Atlantic explores what you need to know about the multi-phased approaches each of the four Atlantic provinces are taking.
New Brunswick: New Brunswick will distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in four phases. Phase 1, which is ongoing, focuses on immunizing the province’s most vulnerable, including long-term care residents and staff, frontline health-care staff, First Nations adults, and seniors. The following groups are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine: Those ages 75 and over are now eligible through pharmacy Workers who regularly travel across the border, including regular commuters, truckers and rotational workers, are now eligible through pharmacy