Code Critical NS

• ‘Something has to change’: Mother fights for better addiction care after son’s death

  A Nova Scotia woman whose son died from a drug overdose says the province's health-care system failed him, and is calling for better mental health and addiction support.

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  Apr 5, 2024
  
• Code Critical: N.S. nurses say ‘crisis in staffing’ continues to take emotional and physical toll

  A Nova Scotia nurse says health-care workers are continuing to battle burnout. Their union calls it a crisis in staffing that's taking a toll mentally and physically.

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  Apr 2, 2024
  
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• Code critical: N.S. woman commutes 5 hours to see her family doctor to avoid a waitlist

  A Nova Scotia woman says she would rather keep her family doctor five hours away than risk being put on the waitlist, which now sits at 156,000 people.

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  Mar 27, 2024
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• Is the N.S. government fixing health care? Minister says ‘we’re getting there’

  Nova Scotia Health Minister Michelle Thompson sat down with Global News as part of our series called 'Code Critical,' which examines the issues impacting the health-care system.

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  Mar 16, 2024
• Code Critical: Family doctors, walk-in clinics and how stretched the N.S. system is

  A Nova Scotia family doctor says a quarter of her colleagues are set to retire in the next five to 10 years. She wants to see more recruitment and retention efforts before then.

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  Mar 13, 2024
• Code Critical: How a family doctor shortage has N.S. woman hoping her family doesn’t get sick

  Brenda MacDonald and her children have been on the physician wait list for two and a half years. She is left wondering when she will ever get a family doctor.

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  Mar 12, 2024