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The Nova Scotia government is offering to defray some of the costs incurred by low-income families who are willing to travel outside their home communities for their operations.
Nova Scotia's standing committee on community services was told Tuesday that a school for the region could help fill vacancies and meet demand for midwife care in the region.
A recent Public Health Agency of Canada report found that after adjusting for sex, income and other characteristics, higher-weight people were "significantly more likely" to report discrimination in health care.