St. Martha's Regional Hospital

• Fatality inquiry: Lionel Desmond had complex mental health issues

  Dr. Ian Slayter said Desmond's mental health issues, assessed during two meetings in the fall of 2016, were far more complex than the one diagnosis.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2020
  
• Inquiry into death of Afghan veteran Lionel Desmond, his family now underway in Nova Scotia

  Lawyer Stuart Hayne said Desmond met with Dr. Justin Clark in the hospital's emergency room, where Clark noted Desmond was not in distress and did not have any suicidal or homicidal thoughts.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2020
  
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• NSHA quietly changes medically assisted dying policy at Catholic hospital

  St. Martha's Regional Hospital was previously exempt from assisted dying services under a 1996 agreement between the Nova Scotia government and the Sisters of St. Martha.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2019
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• Physicians launch initiative to recruit more doctors in Antigonish, N.S.

  "I think we have lots of things to attract physicians and their families to our community."

  Health

  Jun 20, 2019
• Man seriously injured after being struck by vehicle along Canso Causeway

  A 31-year-old man was sent to hospital with serious injuries on Tuesday after he was struck by a vehicle while walking along a highway.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2018
• Medically-assisted death will not be performed at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in N.S.

  Since it became available in Nova Scotia in June 2016, 46 people have received medical assistance in dying.

  Health

  Jan 18, 2018
• Nova Scotia murder-suicide: hospital did not turn away anyone, doctor says

  A relative of Lionel Desmond claimed he was turned away from an Antigonish hospital in the days before he killed his mother, his wife and their daughter before killing himself.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2017