EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES

• Strathcona County votes to keep integrated emergency services with a tax increase

  While Leduc and Spruce Grove have opted to hand over ambulatory services to the province, Strathcona County is keeping its integrated service — but it comes with a tax increase.

  Health

  May 12
  
• N.S. mayors pleased with new LifeFlight plane, but call for more investment in local care

  "When we hear we hear goals like increasing the population to two million people, two million people cannot be reliant on one central area for... health care," CBRM's mayor says.

  Health

  Aug 9, 2023
  
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• ‘Disgraceful’: N.S. man speaks out after mom waits 4 hours on floor for ambulance

  A Halifax-area man is speaking out after his mother suffered a fall Friday and had to wait about four hours for an ambulance to arrive.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2023
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• New LifeFlight airplane for N.S. aiming to free up paramedics, ambulances

  The new Emergency Health Services aircraft, which begins operations next week, is expected to carry two to four non-critical care patients per day and make three round trips daily.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2023
• ‘I’m just glad to be alive’: Halifax man thanks people who saved him during cardiac arrest

  After he was resuscitated by a group of people while suffering from a cardiac arrest last month, a Halifax man finally got the opportunity to thank the strangers-turned-heroes.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2023
• Paramedic 9-1-1: How N.S. is changing the way it dispatches ambulances

  A change to the system now sees consultation between on-scene paramedics and clinical staff at the medical communications centre, which results in health plans for patients.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2023
• Halifax police investigate stabbing in Spryfield area

  Halifax Regional Police are investigating after a man was stabbed in the Spryfield area early Saturday morning. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

  Crime

  Jan 7, 2023
• Nova Scotia EHS searching for lost kit containing possible dangerous medication

  Nova Scotia EHS is searching for a lost operations kit containing medication that 'can be harmful if used by people who are not trained healthcare professionals.'

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2023
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• Nova Scotia adds nurses to Emergency Health Services 911 team

  Nova Scotia says it is adding nurses to the Emergency Health Services (EHS) medical communications centre team starting next month.

  Health

  Oct 28, 2022
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• Nova Scotia Health warns to expect ER and ambulance delays over long weekend

  Nova Scotia Health is warning the public to expect delays in emergency room and ambulance service over the holiday long weekend because of staffing shortages.

  Health

  Jul 29, 2022