NB Health

• Nova Scotia health care announcements raise eyebrows in New Brunswick

  Nova Scotia is offering nurses up to $20,000 in bonuses to keep them in the province's public health system — or to encourage them to return.

  Health

  Mar 21
  
• New Brunswick health authority boasts about improvements in hospital services

  The president of one of New Brunswick's two major health authorities says staff recruitment and retention is the biggest concern faced by the organization.

  Health

  Feb 13
  
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• In crowded N.B. hospital, 88-year-old woman placed in supply room while waiting for nursing home

  Karen Totten photographed her mother lying in a supply room at the Saint John Regional Hospital, with a bed sheet hung up to give her some privacy.

  Health

  Dec 18, 2022
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• Probe launched after yet another patient dies in N.B. hospital emergency department

  New Brunswick's Vitalité Health Network said a patient died while awaiting care Wednesday in the emergency department of the Edmundston Regional Hospital.

  Health

  Dec 8, 2022
• New Brunswick Liberals call for increased respiratory illness reporting

  New Brunswick's official Opposition is calling for ramped-up infection reporting and a public update on the state of the health system amid high levels of respiratory illness.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2022
• Patient dies after waiting at N.B. ER while hospital in ‘critical overcapacity’

  Horizon Health in New Brunswick has confirmed a patient died at The Moncton Hospital's ER, while the department was 'in a critical overcapacity state.'

  Health

  Nov 23, 2022
• COVID 19: New Brunswick education minister hoping for normal school year

  Schools are set to reopen from the summer break next week, and masking is no longer mandatory for students or staff.

  Education

  Aug 31, 2022
• ER nurse shortage not due to vacation time, says head of N.B. nurses’ union

  'I think anytime a corporation speaks about their employees taking vacation affecting service, there is a larger problem,' said the president of the New Brunswick Nurses Union.

  Health

  Aug 29, 2022
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• COVID-19: N.B. reporting death of person in 30s, bump in PCR-confirmed cases

  According to the latest weekly update, the most recent random samples sequenced shows that the BA. 5 Omicron subvariant is most prevalent in the province.

  Health

  Aug 23, 2022
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• COVID-19: New Brunswick seeing ‘a bit of stabilization’ from latest wave, says top doctor

  New Brunswick's weekly COVID-19 report is showing a decrease in PCR-confirmed cases and hospitalizations. 

  Health

  Aug 3, 2022