HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s health minister said work is moving forward on easing issues at local hospitals that are operating over capacity.
“What I’m pleased to say is we had very active work that will provide short-term and long-term relief. I think we are addressing what has been presented to me as a ten-year problem,” Leo Glavine told Global News Wednesday.
He declined to elaborate, saying staff are still finalizing details, but said he expects an announcement to be made within seven to 10 days.
“We’re not going to wait until we have an over-capacity issue another time,” he said. “We’re going to address it now and hopefully this will lead into a better response during those difficult times.”
Earlier this month, the head of the emergency room at the QEII hospital said there are backlogs in the ER because there is nowhere to put patients waiting for a hospital bed.
The acting CEO of Capital Health called said the issue was one of system capacity and said the backlog was a sign of a system in trouble.
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