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The Higgs government says it was caught by surprise when Nova Scotia announced this week it will give nurses in that province up to $20,000 in bonuses.
The licensed practical nurses who were assigned to check on patients in the Fredericton ER waiting room on the night a patient died last summer were also assigned to other tasks that night and "could not commit to regular checks," internal Horizon Health Network documents reveal.
Vitalité Health Network spent nearly $6 million last year to hire nurses from private agencies, according to documents obtained under the Right to Information Act.